Between 2015 to 2023 laws were enacted guaranteeing support to victims of violence and to families of victims of femicide; training on gender and violence was made mandatory. President Javier Milei has mounted a full-scale attack against these gains.
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"It is a day of resistance and demand," said trade groups that organized the action "in defense of democracy, labor rights, and the living wage."
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"In 40 years of democracy, there has never been such a frontal attack on the labor sector," said one union leader.
Far right insurgence meets mass resistance
Takeaways from 2023
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has issued a decree with over 350 reforms tearing up labor rights and privatizing industries. The “shock therapy” plan marks a dangerous expansion of the president’s powers — but it also faces fierce oppositi
Looking back/Looking ahead
Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and protests if Right-wing populist President Javier Milei makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies
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