Subway workers will hold a 1-hour strike on Friday starting at 2 p.m. on all city lines and the light rail line known as premetro. The protest was decided by the Asociación Gremial del Subte y Premetro (AGTSyP) union on the grounds that Emova, the company operating the subway, has made “fraudulent” hirings of security personnel outside the scope of their collective agreement.

“We will not accept illegal hirings within the subway,” read the AGTSyP release.

Emova published a statement condemning the strike and defending the hirings. “This personnel has a specific and temporary role and does not replace or interfere with the tasks Emova employees carry out,” said the press release. 

Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri also criticized the strike, calling it an “inexplicable” protest that will “screw up the lives of thousands of people” and vowed to take action against union authorities.

“We will file a criminal complaint if they go through with it,” he said in a post on X. 

Inexplicable: reforzamos la seguridad en el subte para que los pasajeros viajen más seguros, y los metrodelegados responden con un paro que le jode la vida a miles de personas.

Parece que el kirchnerismo ya empezó la campaña.

Si no dan marcha atrás, los vamos a denunciar…

— Jorge Macri (@jorgemacri) April 11, 2025

The surprise protest comes on the heels of Thursday’s 24-hour general strike spearheaded by labor federation CGT which subway workers union took part in. While the government described the protest as an “attack against the Republic,” the CGT called it a “resounding success” and sent the Milei administration a message: “You have to turn off the chainsaw.”