Overview
- The Casa Rosada is preparing a short‑term meeting with the new CGT triumvirate—Cristian Jerónimo, Jorge Sola and Octavio Argüello—before sending the bill to Congress.
- Government officials say initial contacts with the CGT have already occurred, while union sources insist they have not received a formal summons and prioritize economic recovery.
- Circulating draft measures include opt‑out union dues, priority for company‑level agreements, productivity‑linked pay, extended trial periods, an optional severance fund, banks of hours, digitalized records, pay in different currencies and tighter essential‑service rules that require 50% coverage.
- The administration intends to introduce the package first in the Senate, has called extraordinary sessions for December 10–31 and seeks an extension from mid‑January to late February, with Patricia Bullrich as the main Senate interlocutor.
- CGT leaders signal they will reject caps on severance, banks of hours and productivity‑only pay, and they warn they will not support any return to provisions from DNU 70/23 that courts found unconstitutional.