Transport unions strike against Milei’s anti-union laws

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) sends unwavering solidarity to transport workers striking in Argentina today.   The strikers and their unions are protesting President Javier Milei’s vicious attacks on workers – his austerity measures, attack on right to strike and anti-union policies.  In a flagrant bid to pander to big businesses by offering tax breaks […]


October 31, 2024

Global solidarity with Argentinian aviation workers under attack

Global union leaders joined together today to collectively denounce draconian attacks on workers’ rights by Argentine President Javier Milei.   After declaring their intention to privatise Aerolíneas Argentinas, the national airline of Argentina, the Milei government is escalating its anti-worker offensive by seeking to restrict the right to strike of aviation workers and pressing spurious criminal charges against Pablo Biro, […]


October 3, 2024

ITF denounces Milei Government’s politically motivated charges against APLA’s Pablo Biro

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) strongly condemns the Argentine government’s filing of spurious extortion charges against Pablo Biro, General Secretary of the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA). This blatant act of intimidation represents yet another provocative step in the Milei Government’s systematic attack on trade unions.  The criminal complaint was filed by Argentina’s Minister […]


September 20, 2024

Aviation workers’ right to strike under attack by Milei Government in Argentina

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), as the global voice for 16.5 million transport workers around the world, is outraged by Argentine President Javier Milei’s politically motivated attack on workers’ fundamental right to withdraw their labour.    On 8 September, the Milei Government announced their intention to declare aviation an “essential service” and impose minimum service […]


September 12, 2024

Argentine airport agreement sets a new model for worker and passenger health

In a first for Latin America, an accord to improve health and safety has been agreed between the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Argentina’s biggest airport operator. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the ITF and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 was signed today in Buenos Aires, formalising the ‘Healthy Airports’ agreement that will progress worker […]


March 25, 2022

A triumph in Argentina for air-traffic workers’ carefully planned action

Victory for the air traffic workers’ union in Argentina was down to carefully planned industrial action and widespread international support. Significant pay rises and better job security for air traffic workers across Argentina have been won by ITF affiliate Asociación Técnicos y Empleados de Protección y Seguridad a la Aeronavegación (ATEPSA). This is despite fierce […]


July 21, 2021

Argentina limits aircrew exposure to cosmic radiation for the first time

Aviation workers who exceed 6mSv a year of exposure to cosmic radiation are recommended to stop flying under new guidance issued by the government of Argentina, its national airline and union representatives. Excessive exposure to cosmic radiation has been linked to health problems including cancer and miscarriage during pregnancy. It is vital for aircrew safety […]


March 15, 2021

Women’s Advocate Programme expands

The ITF women’s department has joined with affiliates in Bogotá and Buenos Aires to plan the expansion of the ITF Women’s Advocate Programme to Colombia and Argentina It is part of an ongoing project funded by Union To Union – the Swedish trade union movement’s organisation for international development. The workshops looked at the root […]


October 28, 2019