Union protest held in Buenos Aires as Milei administration deepens layoffs of state workers

Protesting workers, who are apart of a union of state employees that had been recently laid off, held a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Monday. The demonstrators gathered at several facilities including the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI), the Gender Secretariat and the Human Rights Secretariat for the strike which was organised by the Association of State Workers (ATE). Police officers with riot shields were on hand to monitor the protest. The workers' union claims that more than 15,000 layoffs were ordered by the President Javier Milei to cut public spending.