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here’s more on the 24hr #generalStrike and now #slowdown happening in #Argentina
Milei's Cost-Cutting Labor Reform Passes in Senate: 12-Hour Workdays, Strike Restrictions, and Union Assembly Limits Approved - https://www.elciudadano.com/en/mileis-cost-cutting-labor-reform-passes-in-senate-12-hour-workdays-strike-restrictions-and-union-assembly-limits-approved/02/12/
Trenes, vuelos y buses paralizados en Argentina durante la huelga general contra la reforma laboral de Javier Milei - https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/trenes-vuelos-y-buses-paralizados-en-argentina-durante-la-huelga-general-contra-la-reforma-laboral-de-javier-milei-3533725
Striking Argentine workers clash with police in protest over labor reforms https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260219-general-strike-to-protest-milei-s-labor-reforms-starts-in-argentina
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here’s more on the 24hr #generalStrike and now #slowdown happening in #Argentina
Milei's Cost-Cutting Labor Reform Passes in Senate: 12-Hour Workdays, Strike Restrictions, and Union Assembly Limits Approved - https://www.elciudadano.com/en/mileis-cost-cutting-labor-reform-passes-in-senate-12-hour-workdays-strike-restrictions-and-union-assembly-limits-approved/02/12/
Trenes, vuelos y buses paralizados en Argentina durante la huelga general contra la reforma laboral de Javier Milei - https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/trenes-vuelos-y-buses-paralizados-en-argentina-durante-la-huelga-general-contra-la-reforma-laboral-de-javier-milei-3533725
Striking Argentine workers clash with police in protest over labor reforms https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260219-general-strike-to-protest-milei-s-labor-reforms-starts-in-argentina
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist/116108676981494218
this is the kind of meme that pisses me off for it’s lack of one huge piece of evidence: DAT
today's #AltTxt #yaddayadda is about the historic FEBRUARY 12 2026 #GeneralStrike in #India:
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/20/anatomy-of-a-general-strike-how-workers-in-the-indian-state-of-karnataka-shut-down-production/
❝ 300 million workers just shut down India.
The largest strike in human history, and most of the Western media barely whispered it. That silence is complicity in Modi’s war on workers’ rights.
India’s general strike is the future that the billionaires and ruling class fears most ❞ 🧵…
Thursday and Friday of this week (19-20th February 2026) another historic 24hr #generalStrike happened in #Argentina; and of course #USA media downplayed the fact more than 400 commercial airline flights had to be cancelled because “dozens” or workers protested on the streets and "a few thousands" stayed at home to protest Milei’s evisceration of labor protections.
Argentina's biggest unions call nationwide strike with Milei in Washington for Trump's Board of Peace https://fortune.com/2026/02/19/argentina-strike-nationwide-largest-labor-unions-milei-trump-washington-board-peace/
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... general strike aimed at paralyzing production and asserting the power of workers in their workplaces and communities. As deputies haggled over the ...
The Chamber of Deputies’ approval of fascist President Javier Milei’s “Labor Modernization Law” clears the way for a ruthless regime of mass layoffs, wage cuts and workplace abuse. #Argentina #JavierMilei #labor #generalstrike #CGT #Peronism
National strike in Argentina fails to halt historic labor counterreform and mass layoffs