The Macri administration can give all the explanations it wants. The Macri administration knew that it had to deal with a problem once the poverty rate was officially announced. Prat-Gay said the meeting between the trade union leaders and the ministers was unprecedented. Purportedly the government now wants to sit the trade unions and business leaders down at a negotiating-table to discuss wage hikes and other labour issues. Reportedly preaching moderation is Pope Francis, who is often locally described as “Peronist” and has many contacts with trade union leaders.
