sentences:  The union movement was weakened under the neoliberal conditions imposed first by the military junta and later reinforced by Carlos Menem (ironically, a Peronist) and his minister of finance, Domingo Cavallo.Arguably, the protagonism of popular struggle has now passed to other movements, such as the unemployed piqueteros, who were much more prominent during the protests and crisis of 2001 and 2002.Still, the heritage of Argentina's long history of labor organization remains important to this day.