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FreSU Approves 10-Point Plan and Floats Indefinite General Strike

The move signals a more confrontational labor front in Argentina.

Overview

  • FreSU, which convened Friday in Pilar with about 1,500–1,600 delegates, approved a unified program centered on wages, job protection and the right to strike.
  • The plan demands a legally grounded living minimum wage of about 2,802,755 pesos for a worker without dependents, plus general pay increases and free collective bargaining.
  • Leaders urged preparations for an indefinite general strike and called on workers to defy recent labor-rule changes inside workplaces.
  • The coalition blasted President Javier Milei and the CGT leadership, and it publicly backed rail union chief Omar Maturano after a Labor Secretariat sanction against La Fraternidad.
  • More than 140 unions from the country’s three labor centers back the bloc, which aims to grow across provinces and could raise pressure on the CGT to adopt a tougher line.