A 24-hour general strike in Argentina to protest against President Javier Milei’s labor reform bill was having a 90% compliance rate, the country’s main union leader said on Thursday. Meanwhile, clashes between demonstrators and the police were reported outside Congress, where the initiative was being debated.

“This strike has been widely observed, with more than 90% of activity halted,” said Jorge Sola, one of the three secretaries general of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the country’s main trade union organization, in a press conference, to thunderous applause.

In Buenos Aires, subways and most buses did not work. “All ports are at a standstill, as are transportation and industry,” said Octavio Argüello, another CGT secretary general. “Our colleagues had the tremendous strength and willpower to bring the entire industry to a halt,” he added.

Sola went on to lambast the national........

© Buenos Aires Herald