Overview
- A presidential decree calls Congress into extraordinary session from December 10 to 30 to take up the 2026 budget, a fiscal commitment bill, tax changes, a labor reform, Penal Code updates and adjustments to the Glaciers law.
- Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni will present the Council of Mayo’s final report on Tuesday at 13:30, after which the government plans to file the reform package, with the labor bill entering through the Senate.
- The labor draft narrows severance calculations by excluding items like vacation pay and the aguinaldo, creates a mandatory 3% Labor Assistance Fund (FAL) offset against employer pension contributions, and enables a bank of hours and more flexible vacations.
- The proposal also ends automatic renewal of collective agreements, favors company‑level bargaining over sectoral deals, restricts paid time for assemblies and classifies plant blockades as serious infractions, drawing explicit opposition from CGT leaders.
- State workers’ union ATE will hold a national strike and march to Congress on Tuesday against the reform, and government sources say pay will be docked for those who stop work, while the Council deferred pension and revenue‑sharing reforms for later debate.