Morning Star.png Argentine Public Services Strike Against Political Sackings The Morning Star, London, 24 February 2016 Argentinian civil servants will protest outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires today as part of a national strike over President Mauricio Macri's politically motivated jobs cull. The strike is being organised by the Association of State Workers and the Argentinian Workers' Union. Mr Macri has destroyed about 10,000 government jobs in the last two months, with more losses to come as ministries seek targets for redundancies. The right-wing president beat Peronist candidate Daniel Scioli, the would-be successor to Cristina Fernandez, in November's elections. War on state employees Since assuming office in December, Macri has waged war on state employees. Vice-President Gabriela Michetti has accused public-sector workers of being "Kirchner militants," a reference to late president Nestor Kirchner, the husband of Ms Fernandez. The government has also introduced a protocol allowing police to break up protests including those planned for today. From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-0cd5-Argentina-Marcis-job-cull-sparks- civil-service-walkout#.Vs1Kv_l9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-0cd5-Argentina-Marcis-job-cull-sparks-c ivil-service-walkout#.Vs1Kv_l9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
