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...
View ArticleKirchnerist 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....
View ArticleCTA 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...
View ArticleTrade 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...
View ArticleUnion 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleMulti-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...
View ArticleUnion 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...
View ArticleMobilisation 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...
View ArticleProtesters 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...
View ArticleCTA 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...
View ArticleArgentina 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...
View ArticleArgentina 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,...
View ArticleMarches, 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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