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Argentina’s workers stage second nationwide strike against Milei’s sweeping reforms

Headline from Courthouse News Service

Daily life in was paralyzed Thursday as workers went on strike in protest of President Javier Milei’s drastic austerity measures, some of which are being debated in Congress.

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11 articles, oldest first.

  1. PBS NewsHour

    Argentina labor unions stage 24-hour strike against libertarian government (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The 24-hour strike against Milei's contentious austerity measures threatens to bring the nation of 46 million to a standstill as banks and state agencies closed in protest.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Argentina labor unions' 24-hour strike against President Milei paralyzes daily life (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Argentina's biggest trade unions mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, staging a mass general strike on Thursday that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and halted key bus, rail and subway lines.

  3. Digital Journal

    Argentina's Milei faces 2nd general strike in 5 months (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Argentina's President Javier Milei faced his second general strike Thursday in just five months in office, as workers angered by austerity cuts brought

  4. The Brunswick News

    Milei faces second major strike as Argentina resists austerity (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    Argentines woke up Thursday to the country’s second national transport strike since President Javier Milei took office in December, ratcheting up pressure on his government as it faces its biggest

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Argentina: Unions call nationwide strike over Milei's policy – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Labor unions called for people to strike against President Javier Milei's austerity agenda after the lower house of Argentina's Congress approved a downsized version of Milei's economic overhaul package in April.

  6. Los Angeles Times

    Labor unions' 1-day strike in Argentina paralyzes daily life (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Argentina’s biggest trade unions have mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei.

  7. Courthouse News Service

    Argentina’s workers stage second nationwide strike against Milei’s sweeping reforms (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Daily life in was paralyzed Thursday as workers went on strike in protest of President Javier Milei’s drastic austerity measures, some of which are being debated in Congress.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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