Tag: CGT

Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:17 UTC
Argentina: CGT leader says Thursday's strike “a success”

Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) leaders said Thursday's nationwide strike was a “resounding success.” It was the third such measure against President Javier Milei. CGT Joint Secretary-General Héctor Daer underscored how the Libertarian administration's “chainsaw” policies were causing a drop in people's income. In Daer's view, the Government's adjustments impact mostly retirees and vulnerable groups.
Friday, March 21st 2025 - 09:33 UTC
Argentina's main labor union announces nationwide strike for April 10

Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) announced on Thursday a nationwide strike against the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei, which will be staged on April 10, following a demonstration the previous day. It will be the third such measure against the current administration after stoppages on Jan. 24 and May 9, 2024.
Friday, March 14th 2025 - 09:34 UTC
Argentina's CGT announces 24-hour general strike

Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) will be staging a 24-hour general strike against the government of Javier Milei, tentatively set for before April 10. Héctor Daer, one of the CGTs triumvirs, announced the plan Thursday during a meeting with social movements and at the closing of Juan Grabois' Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) plenary at the CGT headquarters.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina's unions decided a 24-hour national strike on 29 May

Argentina’s biggest labor union on Tuesday called for a 24-hour national strike to protest the government’s austerity policies, heaping pressure on President Mauricio Macri as he battles against a biting recession and jittery markets.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 - 05:12 UTC
Argentina consumers’ 12-month inflation expectations reach 39.8%

Argentine consumers’ inflation expectations for the next twelve months reached a record of 39.8% climbing for the third month running, according to the latest release from the University of Torcuato Di Tella.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:14 UTC
To vote again for Cristina Fernandez would be a “masochist act” says Moyano

Argentine CGT Labour Confederation head Hugo Moyano said on Wednesday that he would not vote again for President Cristina Fernández but nevertheless sent her a letter requesting she receives the new CGT board which the government does not recognize.
Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 23:36 UTC
Argentine pro-government unions don’t trust Cristina’s stats and official inflation

Despite having managed to split organized labour and declared war on its most powerful exponent the teamsters boss Hugo Moyano, the government of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez still has to deal with its unconvincing stats office and rampant inflation.
Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 04:47 UTC
Moyano says unions will have their own stats office to keep track of inflation

Argentina’s organized labour CGT leader Hugo Moyano began on Monday his new term at the helm of the umbrella union organization and once again targeted the government of President Cristina Fernandez promising to set up his own Indec (stats office) to measure inflation.
Friday, July 13th 2012 - 06:36 UTC
Argentine organized labour splits and pledges to challenge Cristina Fernandez

Argentina’s CGT Central Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano, who on Thursday was re-elected for a third period during the umbrella organization’s congress warned that “we will have to rethink our vote in 2013 if the Government (of President Cristina Fernandez) does not give an answer to our claims.”
Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 07:16 UTC
Cristina Fernandez challenges organized labour determined to have Moyano sacked

The Argentine powerful organized labour unions, CGT is heading for a fracture from the moment two different congresses have been convened at different dates, one of them supportive of President Cristina Fernandez’ administration and the other entirely in the opposition.