Argentina ground to a halt Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government’s latest deal with the International Monetary Fund.
In a massive show of force against the center-right government of President Mauricio Macri, organizers said at least one million workers were taking part in the industrial action which halted trains, subways, buses and flights in Latin America’s third-largest economy.
“The strike had a very high level of compliance throughout the country,” Juan Carlos Schmid, leader of the General Confederation of Workers (CGT), told a news conference.
Banks and schools remained shut and Buenos Aires slowly emptied of traffic as the day progressed.
“These stoppages don’t help at all, they don’t add anything, and I don’t think that there has been a government in decades that cared as much about employment and the workers and creating new opportunities,” said Macri, a former mayor of the capital.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency
