内容摘要：Cumali Bakir, who oversees a recycling depot and buys from collectors like the Dogan cousins, says their jobs should be made official, and that they should be given proper “vests and meal cards.”

Cumali Bakir, who oversees a recycling depot and buys from collectors like the Dogan cousins, says their jobs should be made official, and that they should be given proper “vests and meal cards.”

“We are joining the strike for fair collective bargaining, solidarity with retirees and the country’s poorest and for the crisis that we are experiencing,” said Néstor Segovia, assistant secretary of the subway workers’ union.Still, the strike appeared to draw only lukewarm support.

The bus workers’ union opted out of the transport shutdown due to ongoing wage negotiations, allowing most commuters to take their usual route to work. Although the taxis’ union supported the stoppage, cabs could be seen cruising the streets for fares. In the trendy neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, cafes and clothing stores bustled as usual.Argentina’s powerful trade unions, now in opposition — ever since they helped vault its founder, Juan Domingo Perón, to power in 1945. They remain central to the system that Milei has sought to tear down.

A stranded passenger sleeps at Jorge Newbery airport during a general strike against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)A stranded passenger sleeps at Jorge Newbery airport during a general strike against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A lone worker walks inside the Jorge Newbery airport during a general strike against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A lone worker walks inside the Jorge Newbery airport during a general strike against the austerity measures of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)People take cover from rain at San Felipe Church in Portobelo, Panama, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, a day before the Black Christ festival. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People take cover from rain at San Felipe Church in Portobelo, Panama, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, a day before the Black Christ festival. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Pilgrims joke around with water after crawling to San Felipe Church to honor the Black Christ in Portobelo, Panama, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, during a festival celebrating the iconic statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Pilgrims joke around with water after crawling to San Felipe Church to honor the Black Christ in Portobelo, Panama, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, during a festival celebrating the iconic statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A woman drips candle wax on Valentin Solis as part of his penance, as pilgrims make their way, some crawling, to the San Felipe Church in Portobelo, Panama, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, during a festival celebrating the iconic Black Christ statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)