Argentina's president Mauricio Macri faces nationwide strike by public sector workers
Argentina's president Mauricio Macri faces nationwide strike by public sector workers
Hospital and government workers among those set to stage one-day walkout as anger over economic policy dents Macro’s popularity
Reuters
Wednesday 24 February 2016 01.28 EST
In power just two months, the president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri is already facing labour unrest, with a national public sector strike planned for Wednesday as workers protest against rocketing inflation and job cuts.
Unions representing hospital and government office workers, among other public sector employees, are staging a one-day walkout across the country.
It is the first such strike that Macri, Argentina’s first non-Peronist president in more than a decade, has faced since taking over in December with promises to end lefitst populism and revive the South American nation’s ailing economy.
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Although praised by international investors eyeing Argentina’s rich resources, Macri’s rapid policy moves have fuelled rising discontent at home.
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