Overview
- Argentina’s main labor federation, the CGT, launched a 24‑hour strike that shut down buses and trains after the UTA joined despite government conciliations.
- Aerolíneas Argentinas canceled 255 flights affecting more than 31,000 passengers, estimating losses at about $3 million.
- Deputies secured the 130-member quorum to start the session and moved forward with debate after the government removed the contentious sick-leave clause known as Article 44.
- Security forces intervened to clear blockades at Puente Pueyrredón and on the Panamericana, with reinforced operations around Congress.
- Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni condemned the strike as “perverse” and “extortionate,” while the CGT claimed high compliance and pressed lawmakers to reject the bill.