Milei guilt “Caste Union” by a new strike in Argentina

The Metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires (AMBA) lives on Tuesday (28) a rail strike of six hours in protest against the government of President Javier Milei and for salary improvements that, according to official data, affected one million passengers and caused damage to damage to the state over 100 million pesos (about R $ 560 thousand).

“As a consequence of an extortive force measure, ordered by the union La Fraternidad, one million people lost the possibility of traveling in normal conditions,” said presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, during a news conference at Casa Rosada (headquarters of the executive Argentine).

The strike, led by the country’s strongest driver union, began at 9am and will last until 15h, due to the lack of response to workers by the government during the bargaining of collective agreements, said a statement from Grêmio.

“A million Argentines who do not have the privilege of the union caste have lost money, time and a day of work. This is the sixth measure of strength of this union since we took the government, “added Adorni.

Bus stops and subway stations in Buenos Aires were crowded with passengers looking for alternative means to get to work, while the train stations remained empty during the strike.

According to a statement from Trenes Argentines, a company that brings together all government -dependent rail companies, only the railway lines that connect with the capital of the country were affected.

“All urban services of the five Argentine Trenes lines will be affected beyond the stipulated time, based on the diagram of the last and first trains scheduled before and after the strike. The force measure will not affect long distance services, “the official note detailed.

Adorni, in turn, questioned the union strike in a “context of low inflation, where salaries have been recovering eight months and the poverty rate fell 16 points.”

The latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) reported that Annual Argentine inflation closed 2024 by 117.8% and a monthly variation of 2.7%, while poverty was 52.9% during the first half of that year.

The spokesman’s numbers are based on projections of the Ministry of Human Capital, which foresees that 38.9% of the population will live in poverty conditions by the third quarter of 2024. The Indec will reveal its numbers in March.

“This same union did not strike the management of (Alberto) Fernández and (Cristina) Kirchner (2019-2023), which came out with an inflation of 214% and an accumulated that exceeded 1,000%, the highest in the world, Destroying workers’ wages, “said the spokesman.

“These types of trade union figures will be part of a bad memory,” Adorni concluded in reference to the La Fraternidad union, led by Maturano.