Milei is facing a national strike against his economic policy plan

Argentina live Wednesday January 24, a day of general strike in which the country’s main trade unions will take to the streets to demonstrate against the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU), which eliminates numerous laws and regulations to deregulate the economy and allow the privatization of public enterprises, and against the Omnibus Law , promoted by the President, Javier Milei.

The intention is that the labor unions march along Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires, one of the main streets of the city of Buenos Aires, to later reach Congress, where the central events of the day will take place, between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM local time.

The unions hope that the call will be there “the most massive” in history and that reflects the popular rejection of the Milei government’s ‘adjustment and austerity plans’. The main trade union organizations will support the strike, including the CGT, the CTA, the ATE and La Bancaria.

“On January 24, people will take to the streets in a historic mobilization to protest against inflation and reject the DNU and the Omnibus Law,” said Argentine Workers’ Union (CTA) general secretary Hugo Yasky.

He Argentine government has at all times shown rejection of this call, which comes in record time. Milei stated last Monday that the strike will show that there are two Argentines, and that those who support the strike will be those who want to remain in the model of the past and decadence, and oppose the government’s path to “ a country of development”.

In recent days, threats have also been made against employees who participate. The executive has warned it could deduct the day from those who support the half-day general strike. “We are analyzing it as a certain possibility,” presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni said.