It has not been necessary to pick up a newspaper this month to recognise the disruptive power wielded by Argentina's labour unions. On the streets of Buenos Aires, this has assailed the ears and nose. Just before Easter, 70 subcontracted security guards and janitors shut down the city's metro system for two days, demanding to join the public-transport workers' union. The strike added some 250,000 honking cars to rush-hour traffic. A week earlier, piles of rubbish swelled across pavements in Buenos Aires province after the truck-drivers' union stopped collecting it in pursuit of a 28% salary rise.
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