00:00A total strike has shut down the entire subway networks in Buenos Aires following the arrest of prominent transit union
00:06leaders by local police.
00:08The transit union AGTSIP halted all six underground lines and the pre-metro service after police arrested several shop stewards
00:19and the union secretary general Nestor Segovia during a protest against unfair disciplinary sanctions.
00:26Labour unions confirmed operations will remain suspended until all detained workers are released
00:33accusing municipal and national authorities of criminalizing the constitutional right to strike.
00:39The General Confederation of Labour and Human Rights Organizations strongly condemned the arrest attributing the escalation
00:46to the repressive policies promoted under Javier Millet's administration.
