Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Argentina's Senate approved in general terms the labor reform promoted by President Javier Milei's government after a marathon session that concluded early Thursday morning, amid strong protests and clashes outside Congress.
The government secured a broad victory,42-30. The bill will now move to the Chamber of Deputies for debate. The ruling coalition aims to bring the initiative to a vote before Feb. 27, Perfil reported.
Once the session concluded, the Office of the President released a statement on X describing the Labor Modernization Bill as "a structural reform aimed at updating a system that for decades expelled millions of Argentines from formal employment and hindered the creation of registered jobs in our country."
The initiative is considered crucial to Milei's reform agenda, which seeks to shift Argentina's heavily regulated economy toward a free-market model.
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