The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in Argentina has called for a general strike to take place on Tuesday 25 September, which would be the fourth such strike since the centre-right president Mauricio Macri came to power at the end of 2015. The strike comes amid economic and financial turmoil in the country, where the plummeting value of the Argentine peso has led to constraints on companies and restricted the purchasing power of workers. It is a backdrop that is ripe for industrial quarrels, with another strike scheduled for later this month; two other union organisations – CTA de los Trabajadores and CTA Autónoma – announced 36 hours of strike action beginning on 24 September.
In a terse statement, the CGT put forward the reasons for the strike action. “Employment is on a downward curve […], inflation is out of control,” the union central said, highlighting also the rises in the cost of basic services, the pensions reform (which uses a calculation methodology that is disadvantageous to retired people) and the “ravaging of purchasing power”. The CGT continues: “We strongly underline our rejection of any attempt to reform the labour code that would harm the norms curre
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