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Argentina's government on Thursday ordered oilseed workers to end an hours-old strike over the amount of taxes taken out of their pay, as political and financial uncertainty rises ahead of Nov. 14 mid-term elections, a union official said.
Argentine grains exports were bogged down on Tuesday by a seven-hour strike by customs officers pressing for access to COVID-19 vaccines, the latest in a series of work stoppages tied to the slowly unfolding inoculation program. Vaccine distribution has been delayed by supply problems in Argentina, prompting customs and other port workers to go on ...
(Adds ports context) BUENOS AIRES, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Argentine oilseed workers and grains inspectors said on Wednesday they will spend Christmas on strike, further bogging down agricultural exports by extending a work stoppage that started on Dec. 9. The latest offer from the CIARA-CEC chamber of soyoil manufacturers and exporters was issued late on Tuesday. It was rejected by the SOEA union of oilseed workers and the Argentine federation of oilseed workers. “We and our families will spend Christmas on strike,” said the two unions in a joint statement. “For 15 uninterrupted days we hav...
2 Min Read BUENOS AIRES, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Soymeal manufacturers in Argentina presented late on Tuesday a proposal aimed at ending a two-week strike by oil and port workers unions that has thrown a wrench in the flow of agricultural exports from one of the world’s main bread baskets. Oilseed workers and grains inspectors are demanding pay increases big enough to compensate them for high inflation and the risk of working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Daniel Succi, an official with the Union of Oilseed Workers and Employees (SOEA), said workers on Wednesday morning had met the newly proposed...
(Adds statement from Urgara grains inspectors’ union) BUENOS AIRES, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Loading of more than 140 agricultural export ships in Argentina has been stalled by a port-side oilseed workers’ strike that started on Dec. 9, the head of the local chamber of soymeal manufacturers said on Monday, on the eve of talks on a new contract. The CIARA-CEC chamber of soy byproduct manufacturers will meet on Tuesday with the two main unions representing oilseed workers to try and hammer out a 2021 compensation package. “We seek an agreement with the unions that allows the efficient, reliable...