Joint bargaining is very tense, with the announcement of a general strike and the threat of numerous mobilization actions. Whereas the official union praises the agreement reached in the metal industry, which provides for a 29-percent increase, minority organizations are calling on workers to refuse negotiating wage increases below 33 percent to make up for inflation in 2013 and anticipate inflation in 2014.
Threat of general chain strike. The pay negotiations that have been open for several weeks in Argentina have led to agreements in some sectors as well as strong mobilization from union organizations that are opposed to the government. Three major unions announced, yesterday April 2, that they backed a mobilization plan that provides for several general strikes in a row: a first 24-hour strike on April 10 followed by 2 others of 36 and 48 hours. Cristina Fernández Kirchner’s government said t
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