Argentina's Top Union Pushing For 40% Minimum-Wage Hike

BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina's most powerful labor union is pushing for a massive rise in the country's minimum wage amid soaring inflation and an election year which has seen lavish spending by the government.

The Confederacion General de Trabajo, or CGT, umbrella labor union, is planning on asking the government for a 40% rise in the minimum wage in upcoming talks, CGT spokesman Juan Carlos ...