Talks between the Argentinian General Confederation of Labour and the country’s government have broken down. The trade union grouping had been party to discussions, as part of which it was set to endorse the government’s work on labour reform, but announced its withdrawal from talks last week. The body has already announced plans to mobilise, with a general strike scheduled for the second half of March. The move marks the first national and cross-sector mobilisation since Mauricio Macri’s centre-right government came to power, in December 2015.
An initial demonstration is planned for 7 March, whereby a CGT rally will protest outside the country’s ministry of production, to condemn redundancies and demand open sector-level negotiations over salaries. The government, meanwhile, points to positive early economic indicators and a political move from the CGT.
The discord centres around the fact that companies have failed to respect an agreement signed at the end of last year, which was meant to prevent lay-offs. The voluntary pact, which ru
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