‘More exploitation, fewer rights’: Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labor laws
The Guardian World
by Facundo Iglesia in Buenos AiresFebruary 27, 2026
Javier Milei’s boosters say law will revive employment, but critics decry cuts to severance and longer working hours
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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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/27/2026