Argentina: Aerolineas strike goes on

i posted on this the other day...

when we landed this morning, i saw quite a few aerolineas argentinas aircraft parked around the airport and assumed the strike was still underway... then, what with dealing with immigration, baggage retrieval and the dreaded aduana (customs), it slipped my mind until i read this just now in today's news...

A labour conflict in Argentina’s largest airline that has already stranded 50,000 people further escalated on its sixth day yesterday when Aerolíneas Argentinas sacked more than 100 striking workers, totalling 337 layoffs since Sunday.

Aerolíneas pilots and mechanics have been on strike since Thursday, in a protest that has grounded some 260 domestic and international flights. The workers are demanding a 45-percent pay hike but Spanish consortium Marsans — Aerolíneas’ owner since 2001 — has offered five percent.

the aerolineas terminal and the terminal where i arrived are separate so i didn't notice any pickets and the overall operation seemed normal...

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