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* Argentina - Trucking Strike
* Argentina - Truckers launch one-day strike against government, taxes
Buenos Aires,CABA,ARG -The WSJ -July 8, 2013: -- Argentina's largest truckers' union called a 24-hour strike Monday to protest taxes and posing a challenge to President Cristina Kirchner who faces flagging support in the run-up to October congressional elections... Union leader, Hugo Moyano, called the strike to demand income-tax relief and social programs for workers struggling to protect their purchasing power from double-digit inflation. The union plans a large rally in the emblematic Plaza de Mayo later in the day for members to vent their frustration... Mr. Moyano, once a close ally, has emerged as one of Mrs. Kirchner's staunchest foes since the start of her second term. He is a powerful figure due to his control over the unions in the trucking industry. Most goods in Argentina are shipped by road due to the decrepit state of the country's once-vast rail system... Mr. Moyano was a stalwart supporter of Mrs. Kirchner and her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner. But that relationship quickly soured after Mr. Kirchner died of a heart attack in late 2010 and the president largely ignored Mr. Moyano's demands for higher salaries and greater union representation in Congress... The government has managed to trim some of Mr. Moyano's power by dividing the labor movement... The powerful CGT labor confederation, whose members included most of the country's biggest unions, split last year, with Mr. Moyano leading the dissident CGT and the government-backed CGT headed by Antonio Calo, secretary-general of the metallurgical workers union... However, the dissident union still holds significant sway and has lined up as a strong opposition voice as the elections approach... Mrs. Kirchner's approval rating has plunged this year amid public perceptions of high crime, a weak economy and rampant inflation...
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