Major Argentine labor unions, organizations launch general strike against gov't austerity measures
STORY: Major Argentine labor unions, organizations launch general strike against gov't austerity measures
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 24, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2024
LENGTH: 00:03:52
LOCATION: Buenos Aires
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the general strike
STORYLINE:
Argentina's main labor unions, social organizations and progressive groups launched a 12-hour strike Wednesday noon to protest austerity measures proposed by President Javier Milei's government.
The strike, which included a march to Congress in the capital city of Buenos Aires, was organized by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), among other workers' groups.
The largest union-led protest in Argentina within four years was aimed at deterring the government from implementing a slew of belt-tightening measures and reforms to deregulate the economy.
Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni called the strike "absolute nonsense."
Milei admits the proposed reforms are painful, but says they are necessary to rehabilitate the country's troubl
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