A trade union front, including ATE, UOM and other unions, announced marches on February 5 in Córdoba and February 10 in Rosario to reject the Government's labor reform. Though without the organic support of the CGT, the groups aim to pressure provincial governors and warn of future strikes in Congress. Rodolfo Aguiar of ATE stated that 'the Government has to start worrying'.
As the government negotiates in the Senate to advance the labor reform, a trade union front formed to oppose the bill. The initiative includes the State Workers' Association (ATE), the Metalworkers' Union (UOM), the Oil Workers' Federation (FTCIODyARA), the Airline Pilots' Association (APLA), and unions from the CGT and CTA, though sources note it lacks the organic support of the main labor federation.
The mobilizations are scheduled for Thursday, February 5, in Córdoba and Tuesday, February 10, in Rosario, key cities with governors holding an intermediate stance in the legislative debate. The goal is to pressure these provincial leaders, whose congressional representatives have yet to define their vote ahead of elections.
Rodolfo Aguiar, general secretary of ATE, stated on social media: 'There is a before and after today: the Government has to start worrying.' He added that 'a new chapter opens in the confrontation the Government maintains with workers' and that 'a united front is consolidated with public and private sector unions.' He criticized the reform, saying it 'does not go against workers, it goes directly against Argentina.'
The unions warned that when the bill is debated in Congress, there will be strikes and other actions. This move comes amid government meetings with dialoguista blocs in the Senate, discussing details like the tax impact on provinces, which could reduce federal coparticipation by over 1.7 trillion pesos this year.
