For the second time since Javier Milei began his mandate, Argentine workers will protest against salary adjustments and labor reforms.

The Government of Javier Milei will face a new national strike throughout the country on May 9, this being the second time that workers have organized this measure of force, just five months after his mandate began.

This has finally been decided by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) of Argentina, the main union in the country, after holding a meeting of its board of directors in which a mobilization was also agreed for next May 1, coinciding with the Day Workers' International.

The announcement of this strike occurred in the same week in which the union and the Government had a first meeting, which was valued positively by both parties. At this meeting, issues such as labor reform, the transporters' strike and salary adjustments were addressed.

These issues are precisely what have led the CGT to call a new strike for May 9, after several weeks in advance that they would make this decision. "There is a sum of issues that are unresolved and a prospect that they will continue to worsen. This will lead to a much greater drop in purchasing power and income," the union has stressed.

"The adjustment of prices, rates and this intention to reduce salaries is only going to lead us to a recessionary process, to a level that is unacceptable. For this reason we made the decision to call a 24-hour strike for May 9," explained the general secretary of the CGT, Héctor Daer.

From the Association of State Workers (ATE), the largest union of public sector workers in Argentina, they have valued the CGT's decision of a new general strike as "correct", although they have anticipated that there will be a prior mobilization by public employees since their rights are being "brutally violated."

"We are being brutally attacked and we have to continue acting in legitimate defense. We are going to reconvene a national plenary session of delegates to define the next actions," said the general secretary of the ATE, Rodolfo Aguiar.