Argentina labour unions protest job losses, Macri policies


Argentina's President Mauricio Macri listens as World Bank President Jim Yong Kim speak during a news conference at the Olivos Presidential Residence in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's main labour unions took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday demanding more jobs and protesting centre-right President Mauricio Macri's economic policies.

Tens of thousands of workers gathered in the historic Plaza de Mayo criticizing Macri, who is trying to lower labour costs to attract investment and jump-start an economy that emerged from recession in the second half of last year.

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