Argentine Workers Protest Milei's Labor Law Overhaul

0:00Argentine workers flooded the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday for Mayday marches, blasting President Javier Malay's overhaul of labor laws that slashed long-standing protections dating back decades. Malay rammed the reforms through in February, a win for his free market push after past presidents failed against tough union resistance even amid strikes and protests. Unions like the CGT are leading the charge to protect decent jobs, with leaders pointing to rising unemployment, stalled inflation fights in family, debts fueling widespread anger in a country shaped by powerful worker movements since the 1940s. The changes allow 12-hour workdays of from eight, easier firings, longer probation periods, limits on strikes and less court-middling in, severance pay, aiming to cut costs that kept nearly half of workers in informal jobs. Legal fights rage on, with opponents rushing new appeals to the Supreme Court after a recent ruling lifted a suspension, keeping the battle alive as, Malay's agenda faces its biggest

1:01test yet. Their reps, Canada News Today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.