Buenos Aires crippled by metro strike

Argentina's capital was crippled for a fourth day Tuesday by a metro strike that shut down the city's subways and left roads gridlocked with commuters looking for alternate routes. The metro workers union is threatening to extend its strike if their wage demands are not discussed - and the city and federal government are pointing fingers at each other over who should handle it.
The 2,500 workers are demanding a 28 percent raise in pay, but union leader Nestor Segovia said "no one has called us to negotiate." "There will be no subway for a long time unless we receive a fast and targeted response," Segovia said. Argentina's federal government said in January it was turning over the management of the metro to the city. But Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri, a top opposition leader and aspiring presidential challenger in 2015, is refusing to take it on, saying federal authorities must first turn over the funds necessary to improve the system.