The government led by President Mauricio Macri is exploiting divisions within Argentina’s largest trade union movement, the Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), in a bid to isolate the most powerful union boss of the last 30 years. Facing corruption charges, Hugo Moyano and his son Pablo, who recently inherited the leadership of the Sindicato de Camioneros truck drivers’ union, decided to take on Macri by organising a general strike for 21 February. The Moyanos boasted that this would bring the government to its knees, adding, threateningly, that Macri had “little time left”. But the government has successfully courted a succession of union bosses in recent days, leaving the Moyanos cutting increasingly isolated figures.End of preview - This article contains approximately 715 words.
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