Argentine Unions Urge Nationwide Strike Against Milei’s Reforms

President Javier Milei will face his first general strike after just more than a month in office as Argentina’s top unions call for a nationwide protest against his plans to deregulate the country’s economy, change its voting system and reduce social safety nets.

Workers will stop across the country on Jan. 24 to protest Milei’s measures, according to an announcement on Thursday from the CGT, one of Argentina’s oldest and most powerful union groups. They plan to take to the streets around congress in Buenos Aires to fight an “illegal” decree to deregulate the economy signed by the president last ...