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Deputies approve labor reform opinion after officialism's concessions
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In a joint committee plenary, La Libertad Avanza's officialism secured the majority opinion for the labor reform with 44 signatures, after removing the controversial Article 44 on sick leave. The opposition, led by Unión por la Patria, presented a counter-reform proposing shorter workdays and expanded worker rights. Meanwhile, the CGT called a national strike for February 19 in opposition to the bill.
The IV Chamber of the National Appeals Court in Federal Contencioso Administrativo ordered labor judge Alejandro Ojeda to transfer the labor reform case within 24 hours. The order aims to resolve the jurisdiction dispute and speed up the government's challenge to the CGT's injunction. It marks another setback for the labor union confederation.
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Argentina's Sala IV of the Contencioso Administrativo Federal Appeals Chamber ruled that the General Confederation of Labor (CGT)'s ongoing constitutional challenge to labor reform law 27.802 belongs in administrative jurisdiction, not labor courts. Judges Rogelio Vicenti and Marcelo Duffy sided with the national government in a win against the union confederation's efforts to block the reform, first challenged judicially in March.
Javier Milei's government advances a moderate labor reform project, discussed in the Mayo Council and open to changes for Senate approval before year-end. The CGT delayed its decisions until Tuesday's official presentation and prepares an alternative proposal to promote youth employment. A poll shows 61% of the population supports a labor reform, though only 43% backs the official version.
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The new CGT leadership, headed by a triumvirate, begins a week of internal meetings to define its position on the labor reform project pushed by Javier Milei's Government. Leaders like Octavio Argüello harshly criticized the initiative, calling it a flexibilization that attacks workers' rights. The Government defended the project, assuring it will not remove rights.