The lower house will debate President Javier Milei’s labor reform in a session scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m., following a speedy commissions approval on Wednesday. The bill was passed by the senate last week.

The session comes amid a nationwide 24-hour strike called by Argentina’s largest unions federation, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT, by its Spanish initials) to protest the bill. Unlike last week, the CGT did not call for a protest outside Congress, but several political parties and unions gathered around the legislative building with banners against the reform.

Ruling party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) gathered the required 44 signatures for a commissions-approved draft of the bill on Wednesday, a necessary step to take the provision to the chamber’s floor. LLA had backing from deputies from ally blocs PRO, Unión Cívica Radical, and some smaller provincial parties.

Opposition sectors have questioned the speediness at which such a major reform is being addressed in Congress, as LLA wants to pass it before the extraordinary sessions end on February 28. If approved, Milei is expected to celebrate it as a key accomplishment........

© Buenos Aires Herald