As the inflation rate steadily increases in Argentina, workers are eagerly demonstrating against President Mauricio Macri and his government’s austerity measures. Argentinian workers are losing purchasing power as layoffs increase, wages decrease, and prices soar. Frustrations with the conservative leader and his government have reached a peak as tens of thousands of union members, primarily truckers’ union members, participated in a massive demonstration in Buenos Aires. Protestors decried the negligence of the government in caring for the most vulnerable members of the community, claiming that the inability of Macri’s policies to help starving workers across the country will have grave effects on today’s children and tomorrow’s leaders. Union leaders have threatened to hold nationwide strikes should Macri refuse to meet their needs in the near future.
See "Argentina truckers gridlock traffic to protest Macri reforms", The Washington Post, February 22, 2018