Argentine government and organized labour clash in first day of a week of conflicts

Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:24 UTC

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The Argentine government as was anticipated by organized labour woke on Monday to the first day of a week of conflicts over salary and work conditions, taking as the leading case for the struggle the Argentine post office and its distribution fleet. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
National strikes and marches = confrontation.

It necessitates 'defense of the state', and will put the military as well as the police on the streets to confront.

The 'ante will be upped' because that is the purpose of the confrontation. The public have already been primed.

The 'unions'' intent is to get some of the 'forces of law and order' to step across the lines and change sides.

This potentiates the use of weapons,
and the Arab Spring jumps to a new continent.

Anticipate extreme viciousness if this kicks off.
There is a track record.
Jan 31st, 2012 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Yuleno
Well Geoff that might be the case,but there are new ways of handling disputes.Intimidation is much less visible and has hard and soft versions.Or is the action deep seated and has wide support.Equality and wealth distribution needs addressing,I think?
Jan 31st, 2012 - 01:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Welsh Wizard
Geoff. The Arab spring is not going to move to Argentina, not a chance. Yes, in BA, the police and others may well be heavy handed (Macri has a track record with this) but there will be no revolution. All that will happen is that people will have to start coming to terms with the fact that their inflation rate rises will now only match government inflation figures rather than actual inflation figures. Support for CFK might start to dwindle slightly but there will be no revolution.
Jan 31st, 2012 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ed
Argentina has some CGT problems,
Unfortunately that my country is a bit dirty.
Jan 31st, 2012 - 05:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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