This article was updated on Monday, October 28, to reflect the separate bus protest 

The National Transportation Table, which brings together the most important unions in the sector, has confirmed a 24-hour national strike on Wednesday, October 30. It will affect trains, planes, ships across the country, and the Buenos Aires City subway. 

The strike was announced on October 8, and the National Transportation Table confirmed the measure on October 21. At a press conference on October 8, union representatives said the strike would be “the beginning of a battle plan” that will continue “with the measures we deem necessary.” They added that they would not hold a march.

The National Transportation Table includes the Camioneros truck drivers’ union, Aviation Workers, and La Fraternidad rail workers’ union. It was formed amid the ongoing conflict between the government and aviation workers and declared a “state of alert and mobilization” in response to President Javier Milei’s government’s austerity policies. 

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The bus drivers’ union, UTA, announced on Monday that it would hold its own strike on Thursday, October 31, after being absent from multiple cross-union meetings earlier this month. The union is currently negotiating a pay rise and claimed in a communiqué that no offers had been made to increase salaries despite allocated increases from the state. The government has called for a meeting on Wednesday to prevent the strike from going ahead.

Last week, UTA head Roberto Fernández said in an interview with El Destape radio station that the union never confirmed if it would join the transport strike. He claimed a decision would be made by Friday, although no announcement was forthcoming. “Our own come first,” he said.

The State Workers Association (ATE) and the Popular Economy Workers Union (UTEP) attended and announced they would back the October 30 strike. Workers from within those unions linked to transport regulation and security will also be on strike. These are administrative workers, and their protest will not directly affect public transportation.