Thanks to Milei's government, labor conflict dropped by 10% in one year

Thanks to the government of Javier Milei, the country is experiencing a general decrease in strike indicators, according to data that the Secretariat of Labor will release soon. According to these figures, during June there were 46 labor disputes involving industrial action, which represents a 10% decrease compared to June 2024 and a 22% reduction compared to May of this year.

In June 2025, the public sector accounted for 78% of labor disputes that involved work stoppages, thus reflecting a clear shift of labor conflict toward the public sphere, compared to the 67% recorded in the same month of the previous year.

The number of workers who participated in strikes reached 249,709, which implies a 34% decrease year-on-year and a 61% decrease compared to the previous month.

Regarding individual workdays lost due to strikes, the official report indicates a total of 338,721, which is equivalent to a 28% drop compared to June 2024 and a 57% decrease compared to last May. The breakdown by sector shows that the private sector experienced a much more significant contraction in all indicators: the number of strikers fell by 94%, workdays not worked dropped by 73%, and disputes involving strikes were reduced by 44%. This marked contraction reinforced the weight of the public sector in the total number of recorded labor disputes.

Meanwhile, in the public sector, the changes were more moderate: the participation of workers in strikes decreased by just 1%, and workdays lost declined by 15%. This difference in behavior between the two sectors explains the increase in public sector participation within the total number of labor disputes, which rose from 67% in June 2024 to 78% in June 2025.

The figures released by the Secretariat of Labor, which reports to the Ministry of Human Capital, show that the decrease in labor conflict was evident both in the number of disputes and in the number of workers involved and workdays affected, although with a significant difference between the public and private sectors.

From the office of the Secretary of Labor, Julio Cordero, this decline in labor conflict was linked to "a path of maturity and institutionalization" on the part of unions, the business sector, and the officials themselves.

In this regard, they emphasized that "at Human Capital, tripartite dialogue is prioritized, where the State acts as a mediator and allows the parties to reach an agreement and then reviews what needs to be reviewed".

The Secretariat pointed out that "what has been observed for some time is a decline in labor conflict involving strikes as a process that is not circumstantial, but rather a trend that has been deepening under this administration".