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Citywide Transport Strikes to Protest Murder of Partido Obrero Member

The city’s transport is on strike today, in protest of the death of 23-year-old Mariano Ferreya, who was murdered yesterday in a series of violent union clashes that took place between Avellaneda and...

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Kirchnerist CTA also Asked for the President’s Re-election

Secretary general of the Argentine Workers Central’s (CTA) kirchnerist faction, Hugo Yasky, announced yesterday the union’s support to president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s re-election in October....

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CTA Leader in Talks with President

Hugo Yasky, leader of the Argentine Workers’ Central (CTA) said this evening that in his meeting this lunchtime with president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, inflation was not mentioned because “that...

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Trade Unions Workers’ Protests to Invade the Streets of Buenos Aires

Thousands of workers belonging to CTA, the second biggest trade union organization in the country, will today hit the street of Buenos Aires demanding changes in the government’s labor policies. At...

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Union Protests Block Roads in Capital and Across the Country

The Argentine Workers Union (CTA) has began a day of protests, blocking roads with protests across the capital, with strikes also taking place in other major cities. The protesters, led by Pablo...

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New Minimum Wage Agreements Begin Today

A meeting between union officials and the government to negotiate a new level for the minimum wage was terminated without conclusion earlier today. Negotiations will continue in a second session at...

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Multi-Sector Complications Projected Tomorrow Due to Strike

Tomorrow’s anti-government strike organised by Hugo Moyano’s dissident CGT union and the Argentine Workers Union (CTA), led by Pablo Micheli, appear poised to interrupt multiple sectors, from...

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Union Protests Planned for Today in Plaza de Mayo

More anti-government protests are expected to take place today beginning between 4 and 5pm, centred around the Obelisk and ultimately convening on the Plaza de Mayo. The demonstration will be led by...

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Mobilisation of Trade Unions planned in March

Hugo Moyano by Santiago Trusso, on Flickr Pablo Micheli, leader of the Union Central of workers of Argentina (CTA) met today with Hugo Moyano the general secretary of the General Confederation of...

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Protesters Rally Against Borda Police Aggression

El Borda hospital (Photo: Beatrice Murch)The Union of State Workers (ATE) gathered today to rally against the Metropolitan Police, who used violence to repress protesters at the Borda mental hospital...

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CTA Protests Causes Road Blockages in Buenos Aires

Pablo Micheli, the head of national protest (Photo courtesy of Pablo Micheli/Facebook) The Central Workers’ Union (CTA) began a protest this morning at around 9am by blocking access points to the City...

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Argentina News Roundup: 12th March 2014

Teachers demand a $6,400 minimum wage (photo: Carlos Cermele/Télam/jcp) Buenos Aires Teachers Continue Strike: Teachers’ unions rejected the provincial government’s offer for a wage increase and will...

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Argentina News Roundup: 10th April 2014

Puente Pueyrredón was one of the main access routes into Buenos Aires that was cut during today’s national strike (photo: Carlos Brigo/Télam/dsl) National Strike a ‘Success': Today’s general strike,...

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Marches, Roadblocks Cause Transport Chaos Ahead of General Strike

Coastguard officers look on as the opposition CTA union stages a roadblock on Puente Pueyrredón (Photo: Paula Ribas/Télam/ddc) A series of roadblocks and marches have caused transport chaos today in...

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