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General strike announced

  • Splinter
  • April 26, 2019 at 12:52 PM

There are 30 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 9,001 times. The latest Post (April 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM) was by sts.

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    • April 26, 2019 at 12:52 PM
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    The mafia bosses of the country's top unions have announced a general strike for 30th April, protesting against the government'd economic policies, as they did back when Mrs Kirchner was president and look what that achieved.

    ...and so it goes on.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • Rice
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    • April 26, 2019 at 2:14 PM
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    These people are in it only for themselves. God help the non-Union people, who already start out at the disadvantage of not having the mafia bosses strong arming the gov’t for inflation-tied increases.

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    • April 26, 2019 at 2:26 PM
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    It's so boring isn't it. Marches, protests, strikes. What's amazing is this is not a desperate last attempt, it's simply the Argentine way that has gone on for decades. Change the record.

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    • April 26, 2019 at 3:40 PM
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    Quote from Semigoodlooking

    It's so boring isn't it. Marches, protests, strikes. What's amazing is this is not a desperate last attempt, it's simply the Argentine way that has gone on for decades. Change the record.

    Can't. It got stuck somewhere between Peron and Cristina.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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  • serafina
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    • April 26, 2019 at 7:45 PM
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    When I was an employee (so to speak, I was under multiple contracts that lasted about 6 months each), it was considered a risky move to go on strike. The management would label you as lazy or troublemaker. If you wanted to advance in your career, it was an extremely unwise move to go on strike. It was perceived as something that only the lower workforce could do. No white collar would go on strike!

    While certainly we didn’t have the level of mobility as in the US, and promotions didn’t happen overnight, one had to play the strike card very carefully, if ever.

    Now that I have been working freelance for a while, I have been looking for strikes, national holidays, non-working days as an opportunity to work more.


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    • April 26, 2019 at 11:20 PM
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    You were clearly meant to be an entrepreneur, serafina !

    Keep it up: you have the drive and the attitude for success.

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    • April 27, 2019 at 10:41 AM
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    May the 1st is a public holiday and all transport services will be on strike, as most of the employees will be bussed into the Plaza de Mayo to wave flags, stuff their faces with subsidised choripanes (with Coca Light), wreck the place and generally try to look as if they mean it.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • April 27, 2019 at 11:36 AM
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    When there’s a transport strike, I’ve always assumed that includes airport workers. True?

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    • April 27, 2019 at 11:40 AM
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    Meanwhile out in the sticks most businesses will operate as normal on Tuesday. They'll open for four hours in the morning before closing for a five hour siesta. Followed by going back to work for another three hours spending the time changing price tags to reflect increasing costs caused through unproductive working practices.

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    • April 27, 2019 at 11:47 AM
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    When there’s a transport strike, I’ve always assumed that includes airport workers. True?

    El paro de transporte será total, ya que no habrá subtes, trenes, colectivos ni aviones.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • April 27, 2019 at 12:19 PM
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    Makes sense. The more people inconvenienced or totally screwed by a strike, the more successful it is.

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    • April 27, 2019 at 12:38 PM
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    Makes sense. The more people inconvenienced or totally screwed by a strike, the more successful it is.

    That's the general idea, sadly.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • April 27, 2019 at 1:20 PM
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    Makes sense. The more people inconvenienced or totally screwed by a strike, the more successful it is.

    On another forum I've read a few posts from people who have been disrupted by the cancellations of their BA flights to London next week. Best of it is their anger is all aimed at BA!! I'm sure the union leaders will be delighted to hear it. :rolleyes:

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    • April 27, 2019 at 1:50 PM
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    Imagine you're returning home for something really important and you can't fly the day before or the day after.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • May 8, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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    General strike tomorrow, Thursday, but most of us will be working. Clearly the unions and other bloodsuckers can't accept the bitter pill and would love to see Milei fail and with it the country.

    This poster was on Banco Nacion this morning.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • May 8, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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    They all have their head's up their arse's.

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    • May 8, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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    Banco Nacion again this PM. No to everything that needs doing, it seems.

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    • May 8, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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    No a Todo!

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    • May 11, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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    What was the final upshot of the strike?

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    • April 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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    Here we go again. A general strike by the CGT is due to take place on Thursday, but exactly what that will achieve is anyone's guess.

    Or is it on Wednesday?

    CGT confirms 36-hour strike, starting next Wednesday
    Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) umbrella union grouping, Argentina’s largest labour federation, confirms third general strike of President Javier…
    www.batimes.com.ar

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

  • Splinter April 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM

    Changed the title of the thread from “General strike announced for Tuesday 30th April” to “General strike announced”.
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