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⚖️ Labor reform in Congress
- 02/02/2026 » 11:34 by cronywell
⚖️ Labor reform in Congress
The ruling party seeks to approve changes in extraordinary sessions, with tense negotiations between governors and the CGT. Patricia Bullrich and Diego Santilli lead the negotiating wing in a scenario full of political tension.
🏛️ Political context
- 📅 Beginning of extraordinary sessions: Congress opened its agenda with labor reform as the central issue.
- 👩 💼 Bullrich and Santilli: leaders of the ruling party who are leading the negotiations.
- ✊ CGT in resistance: deploys a national tour to pressure governors and stop the project.
📜 Project content
- 🔧 Flexibility of contracts: new contracting modalities.
- 💰 Reduction of labor costs: simplification of compensation.
- 🌍 Official objective: to modernize the labor market and attract investment.
- 🚨 Union criticism: they denounce a setback in acquired rights.
🔥 Tensions and negotiations
- 🤝 Government vs. governors: some support, others condition their vote.
- 🚩 CGT on the offensive: meetings, mobilizations and the threat of a national strike.
- ⏳ Ruling party against the clock: the Senate plans to deal with the initiative on February 11, with no votes assured.
📊 Keys to the debate
|
Actor |
Position |
Strategy |
|
🟦 Government (Milei, Bullrich, Santilli) |
Approve the reform |
Negotiating with governors and allies |
|
🟥 CGT and unions |
Outright rejection |
National tour and mobilizations |
|
🟨 Governors |
Divided |
Support conditional on change |
|
🟩 Congress |
Uncertain scenario |
Risk of modifications |
🔮 Possible scenarios
- ✅ Approval without changes: political triumph for Milei, but with massive union protests.
- ✏️ Approval with modifications: partial consensus, but with reduced scope.
- ❌ Rejection: strong political blow to the ruling party and escalation of the union conflict.