Tag: Juan Carlos Schmid

• Tuesday, April 30th 2024 - 20:32 UTC

  Transport strike to paralyze Argentina in repudiation of taxation reforms

  

  As President Javier Milei's chainsaw economic policies begin to take shape following the approval at the Lower House of a series of reforms, many of the sectors to be affected by these changes announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires a nationwide air, land, and maritime transport strike for May 6.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Argentine public service unions strike to protest IMF deal halts the country

  

  Argentina ground to a halt on Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government's latest deal with the International Monetary Fund. In a massive show of force against the conservative government of President Mauricio Macri, organizers said at least one million workers were taking part in the industrial action which halted trains, subways, buses and flights in Latin America's third-largest economy.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 10:04 UTC

  Argentine organized labour will support CFK but “without being obsequious”

  

  Argentina’s organized labour said “there are no differences in the relationship with the government” despite President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK criticisms and further stated that they will support the president’s re-election bid “without being obsequious”.