Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies approved the bill 135–115 after an overnight debate, sending the amended text back to the Senate for a final vote.
- The package would make hiring and firing easier, cut severance pay, extend probation periods, curb strikes and lawsuits, lengthen the workday to 12 hours, and change holiday and leave rules.
- Lawmakers removed a disputed clause that would have halved pay for non–work-related sick leave before advancing the measure.
- The CGT-led 24-hour strike halted transport, banks, schools and other services, and protests outside Congress saw tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and arrests, with unions claiming roughly 90% adherence.
- Maritime workers staged a 48-hour stoppage affecting cargo at Rosario’s port, while Milei—traveling in Washington for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace event—defended the bill as necessary to cut informality and draw investment.