ATE stated that the meeting, addressing the plight of wage earners and the impact of new IMF debt and other executive measures on the public sector, will conclude with an announcement of decisions in the afternoon.

Last week, ATE rejected the government’s cumulative 1.3% wage increase offer for March-May as insufficient. Secretary General Rodolfo Aguiar denounced the recent devaluation’s impact on purchasing power, calling the previous collective bargaining negotiations “scandalous.”

Aguiar stated the leadership meeting was urgently called to “define measures” against “fraudulent negotiations” and President Milei’s planned spending cuts and privatization. He added that the IMF agreement means more austerity for retirees and fewer worker rights, predicting escalating conflict and a need to prevent further impoverishment.

The government recently ended exchange restrictions, allowing the dollar to “float” between 1,000 and 1,400 Argentine pesos, a move widely considered a devaluation despite official denials.

On Monday, union, social, political, and student groups protested U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s visit and condemned the IMF debt as a sign of increased servility.

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