SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THE central committee of Argentina’s oldest and largest trade union confederation, the CGT, has announced that there will be a general strike on April 10, to protest against the anti-worker policies of President Javier Milei’s right-wing administration.
The organisation’s leadership has been put under considerable pressure by its constituent unions to take action as thousands of jobs in both the public and private sectors have been lost.
Since the last general strike almost a year ago, the real value of wages has fallen dramatically in the face of persistent inflation, and legislation has been introduced to curtail employment rights, during which time there has been a growing perception that the CGT was missing in action.
As six out of 10 Argentines don’t vote for Milei LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI looks at the country’s real crisis that runs far deeper than just the ballot box



