Overview
- ATE called a national day of protest at airports for Friday, with the main rally at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery.
- The protest targets planned dismissals of 140 National Meteorological Service workers and unpaid raises at the aviation regulator ANAC, including 98 at field stations and 42 at headquarters.
- The union said it will escalate to a nationwide strike next week if there is no agreement, a move it says could suspend flights across Argentina.
- ATE reports 25 weather stations are only partly operating and skip night checks, which can leave pilots and controllers without current local conditions.
- The union filed a challenge to efforts to classify the meteorological service as an essential service, arguing that label would unlawfully curb the right to strike.