This complicates the logistics of a harvest that was already experiencing a slow pace of marketing due to low international prices, which are at four-year lows.
He union of oil workers The company has started an indefinite strike affecting the port terminals in the north of Rosario. Williams Agroservicios reported that the strike affects the area of San Lorenzo, Puerto General San Martin and TimbuesThis complicates the logistics of a harvest that was already experiencing a slow pace of marketing due to low international prices, which are at four-year lows.
SOEA Secretary General Daniel Succi said a few days ago that one of the issues behind the strike is the discussion on the collective bargaining agreement. According to him, the agro-industrial sector offered 10%, which was insufficient for the union. The claim against the income tax and the labor reform is added.
“With the devaluation and the food prices increase, the situation is much worse than before“said Daniel Yofra, secretary general of the Federation of Oil Workers and Cotton Ginners, in mid-July.
What companies say: “a strike without union grounds”
The agro-export sector is asking trade unionists to return to the negotiating table. According to a CIARA-CEC statement, In 2023, the oil industry had the “worst year in its history without losing a single job. This year we committed to ensuring that no worker loses out due to rising inflation.”
He explains that, “to date, there has been a 77% increase (the inflation of the year) and now we are offering 10 percent and then another 5 percent, in order to protect the purchasing power of workers in the coming months. Currently, more than 60% have monthly incomes above 2.8 million pesos.”
However, the unions do not accept and They are pushing for a bigger increase and for the impact of Earnings, which is clearly a problem outside the industry; it is a tax and like any other tax, approved by Congress, it must be paid. Unfortunately, the workers will have to face the consequences of these union decisions, since every day without working is one less day of salary at the end of the month.
Finally, the agro-exporters call on the union leaders to “rapidly lift the measure and return to the negotiating table of the collective bargaining agreements and avoid political approaches that They are oblivious to the reality of an industry that pays wages well above the national average.”
Source: Ambito
