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Weekly Report - 08 March 2018 (WR-18-09)

ARGENTINA: Teachers test Macri’s nerve

The Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina (Ctera) federation of teachers’ unions staged a 48-hour national strike this week to pressure the government led by President Mauricio Macri to heed its salary demands. The conflict is the latest test of the Macri administration’s determination to face down Argentina’s powerful and combative labour unions as it tries to stabilise the domestic economy and advance with its economic reform agenda, including its labour reform.

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