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.
The Federal Contencioso Administrativo Chamber ordered Judge Alejandro Ojeda, from the National First Instance Labor Court No. 63, to urgently transfer the case file to the contencioso administrativo jurisdiction within 24 hours. This responds to the government's request, represented by the Ministry of Capital Humano and the Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación, to lift the injunction issued by Ojeda suspending over 80 articles of Law 27.804 on labor modernization.
The judge from the National First Instance Contencioso Administrativo Federal Court No. 12 had previously elevated the proceedings to Chamber IV, noting Ojeda's refusal to transfer them despite rulings on April 28, 2026. The Chamber reaffirmed that the jurisdiction dispute is closed and highlighted the labor judge's non-compliance.
The government accused Ojeda of arbitrarily excluding the Procuración del Tesoro from sponsorship, rejecting nullity motions and federal extraordinary appeals, and breaching procedural orders, including the CSJN agreement on collective processes. “The Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación is working tirelessly to guarantee the national state's right to defense and ensure the implementation of a law duly discussed and sanctioned by Congress,” government officials stated.
The CGT had sought the labor reform's unconstitutionality and requested the recusal of labor appeal judges who reinstated the law's validity, along with nullity of that resolution.
