Argentina: Public sector unions protest government cuts

W/S Protesters marching with banners, Buenos Aires
M/S Protesters marching with banners
W/S Protesters marching with banners
M/S Protesters marching with banners
W/S Protesters marching with banners
M/S Protesters marching
M/S Protesters marching with banners
M/S Protesters marching with banners
M/S Protesters marching with banners
W/S Protesters drumming
M/S Protesters drumming
W/S Protesters drumming
W/S Protesters and riot police
M/S Protesters and riot police
W/S Protesters and riot police
M/S Protesters crossing road with banners
W/S Protesters crossing road with banners
M/S Protesters crossing road with banners
M/S Protesters marching with placards and banners
C/U Placards
W/S Protesters crossing road with banners
C/U Balloon
W/S Protesters on stage
SOT, Oscar De Isasi, ATE Secretary-General in Buenos Aires Province (Spanish): "Take to the streets until October, take to the streets after October, defeat Macri and demand a serious change to Argentina so we can live once more as we used to."
M/S Protesters clapping; banners
SOT, Oscar De Isasi, ATE Secretary-General in Buenos Aires Province (Spanish): "Today we have to take on the challenge of a unity and mass civil disobedience against cuts, building the biggest front to defeat Macri, once again revive a budget for the working class and build a democratic and participatory union."
M/S Protesters clapping; banners
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Unions led a protest against the government's austerity programme in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, as Argentinian President Mauricio Macri battles for re-election amid a recession.
Public sector workers of the ATE union wore their distinctive green as they marched through the capital. Banners, flags and drumming accompanied them on the demonstration.
Argentina is currently in the midst of an economic crisis, characterised by high inflation, a volatile currency and low industrial output.
Union members have seen minimal pay increases and reduced spending power as a result of government fiscal policy.
On Tuesday, Argentina's biggest union - the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) - ramped up the pressure by backing a 24-hour national strike on May 29.