⚖️ Senate approves the labor reform promoted by Milei

42 votes in favor – 30 against – Marathon session between protests

📰 The fact

In a session that lasted more than 14 hours, the Senate of the Nation approved in general the labor reform proposed by President Javier Milei. The vote ended with 42 affirmative votes and 30 negative, with no abstentions. Outside Congress, clashes broke out between protesters and security forces, with several injuries reported.

The initiative now goes to the Chamber of Deputies, where the ruling party will seek its final sanction during the extraordinary sessions.

📊 Keys to the reform

• Flexibility of labor contracts and reduction of employer burdens.
• Changes in the system of compensation and sick leave.
• Adjustments in the system of contributions and contributions.
• Greater room for action for the security forces in union conflicts.

🗳️ How each senator voted

✅ In favor (42)

• The ruling bloc La Libertad Avanza en plenary.
• Majority of the UCR.
• PRO Senators.
• Sectors of federal Peronism and provincial allies.

❌ Against (30)

• Bloc of the Frente de Todos (Kirchnerist Peronism).
• Some provincial senators who rejected labor flexibility.
• Left-wing legislators and minority parties.

🟢 Votes in favor of the labor reform (42)

🔹 La Libertad Avanza (ruling party)

1. Bartolomé Abdala
2. Romina Almeida
3. Ivanna Arrascaeta
4. Ezequiel Atauche
5. Vilma Bedia
6. Joaquín Alberto Benegas Lynch
7. Patricia Bullrich
8. Pablo Cervi
9. Agustín Coto
10. Enzo Fullone
11. Juan Cruz Godoy
12. Gonzalo Guzmán Coraita
13. Nadia Márquez
14. Monte de Oca Nativity Scene
15. Agustín Monteverde
16. Bruno Olivera Lucero
17. María Emilia Orozco
18. Juan Carlos Pagotto
19. Francisco Paoltroni

🔹 Radical Civic Union (UCR)

20. Maximiliano Abad
21. Flavio Fama
22. Eduardo Galaretto
23. Mariana Juri
24. Daniel Kroneberger
25. Carolina Losada
26. Silvana Schneider
27. Rodolfo Suárez
28. Gabriela Valenzuela
29. Eduardo Vischi

🔹 PRO (Republican Proposal)

30. Andrea Cristina
31. Martín Goerling
32. Victoria Huala
33. Luis Juez

🔹 Provincial and Independent Blocs

34. Carlos Arce — Frente Renovador de la Concordia Social
35. Sonia Rojas Decut — Frente Renovador de la Concordia Social
36. Julieta Corroza — La Neuquinidad
37. Flavia Royón — First the Salteños
38. Edith Terenzi — Despierta Chubut
39. Beatriz Ávila — Independiente
40. Alejandra Vigo — United Provinces

🔴 Votes against the labour reform (30)

🔸 Union for the Homeland (Kirchnerism / traditional Peronism)

1. Guillermo Andrada
2. Adam Bahl
3. Daniel Bensusán
4. Jorge Capitanich
5. Lucía Corpacci
6. Eduardo "Wado" de Pedro
7. Juliana Di Tullio
8. Anabel Fernández Sagasti
9. María Celeste Giménez Navarro
10. María Teresa González
11. Alicia Kirchner
12. Marcelo Lewandowski
13. Carlos Linares
14. Candida Lopez
15. María Florencia López
16. Juan Luis Manzur
17. Ana Inés Marks
18. José Mayans
19. Mariano Recalde
20. Martín Soria
21. Sergio Uñac

🔸 Federal Conviction / Other Provincials (non-UCR/PRO opposition)

22. Guillermo Andrada — Federal Conviction
23. Sandra Mendoza — Federal Conviction
24. María Carolina Moises — Federal Conviction
25. Jesús Fernando Rejal — Federal Conviction
26. Fernando Salino — Federal Conviction
27. José María Carambia — Moveré por Santa Cruz
28. Natalia Gadano — Moveré por Santa Cruz
29. Gerardo Zamora — Others
30. Elia Moreno — Others
31. José Emilio Neder — Others

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