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Argentina Judge Halts Education 'Essential Service' Clause in Labor Reform

The move intensifies a patchwork of injunctions facing the reform.

Overview

  • A national labor court granted the teachers’ union UDA a precautionary order that suspends Article 101, which labeled education an essential service and required 75% staffing during strikes, with nationwide effect.
  • Judge José Ignacio Ramonet’s decision is provisional and preserves teachers’ right to strike while the case moves forward.
  • The ruling comes after Judge Raúl Horacio Ojeda paused about 82 provisions of the law in a separate case, saying the measures appeared to violate core protections in labor law.
  • The Milei government is preparing to appeal the suspensions, with the Treasury Solicitor’s Office weighing filings in labor or administrative courts.
  • Other courts have also frozen new limits on the carryover of collective bargaining terms and on union contributions, leaving workers and employers to navigate uncertain and shifting rules.