00:00Welcome back to From the South.
00:02I will go to Argentina when on Thursday night the Congress approved the controversial labor
00:07reform promoted by President Javier Millay, which increases the working day from 8 to
00:1112 hours and substantially modifies the conditions of hiring, dismissals and union protests.
00:17The bill with modifications returns to the Senate.
00:21With 135 votes in favor and 115 against, this law, which triggered a 24-hour strike, now
00:28moves on to the Senate, despite the serious implications it has for the country's workers.
00:33The reform, defined by the extreme right-wing as modernization, redefines the calculation
00:39of benefits and restricts the right to strike.
00:41The Thursday was a day full of tension and conflict, both inside and outside the parliament
00:47building, where police forces repressed those who reject this law, which marks a 20-year
00:53setback in labor achievements and rights.
00:54Also from the start of the session, there were tensions and disagreements in the chamber
00:59of deputies.
01:00The new legislation opens up as an area of greater social conflict.
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