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CGT Set to Elect New Leadership With Triumvirate Expected as Unity Hangs in the Balance

The vote tests the central’s leverage over President Javier Milei’s labor reform after its warning to act forcefully if shut out of talks.

Overview

  • Delegates convene Wednesday at the Obras Sanitarias stadium to renew the CGT leadership and elect a 50‑member council by full-list secret ballot.
  • There is broad expectation of a renewed three-person leadership, with Jorge Sola (insurance) and Cristián Jerónimo (glass) emerging as leading candidates.
  • The third seat is contested between Maia Volcovinsky, backed by women’s groups pushing for representation, and Octavio Argüello, promoted by the moyanismo.
  • Luis Barrionuevo has threatened to present a separate list or skip the congress, while Abel Furlán’s push for a single general secretary lacks the votes but does not seek a break.
  • The CGT has signaled it will take “forceful actions” if excluded from dialogue on the government’s labor reform, heightening the stakes of the final slate still to be confirmed.