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Facundo Iglesia in Buenos Aires

‘More exploitation, fewer rights’: Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labor laws

A person holding a sign his sprayed by a water cannon
Protesters demonstrate against the labour reform during the rally in Buenos Aires on 19 February 2026. Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Argentina’s senate is poised to approve a sweeping overhaul of labour laws aimed at weakening trade unions and lowering labour costs for businesses.

The government of the self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president, Javier Milei, says the initiative will help revive formal employment, after 290,600 registered jobs were lost between December 2023, when he took office, and November 2025.

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