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Workers set to push ahead with strike at major Argentina grains port

Published 2016-05-12, 11:44 p/m
© Reuters. Workers set to push ahead with strike at major Argentina grains port

BUENOS AIRES, May 12 (Reuters) - Workers at the Rosario
grains export hub in Argentina will go ahead with plans to start
a strike on Friday to demand higher salaries, a union leader
said late on Thursday.
Reuters has seen a copy of a letter written by the country's
labor ministry asking workers at the port, the largest in one of
the world's top grains producers, to call off the strike.
However, Edgardo Quiroga of the local San Lorenzo branch of
the CGT union said the group had not heard from the government
and would begin striking for an indefinite period from Friday.
"We still haven't received anything. The strike will start
at midnight and tomorrow we will hold an assembly meeting,"
Quiroga said, adding that the situation could change after
discussions during the union meeting.
Rosario handles about 80 percent of Argentina's grains
exports. San Lorenzo covers the northern districts of the
Rosario hub where multinational companies like Bunge Ltd BG.N ,
Cargill CARGIL.UL and Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV AKIRAU.UL
have crushing plants and ports.
The CGT counts quality control inspectors and dock workers
among its members in Rosario.
According to Quiroga, the union is seeking a 45-percent
increase in the minimum regional wage, to 20,015 Argentine pesos
($1,410.40) per month.
Wage negotiations are tough in Argentina because of soaring
inflation.
Argentina's government is targeting an inflation rate no
higher than 25 percent this year. Private economists expect
consumer prices will rise 35 percent this year.
Argentina is the world's top exporter of soymeal livestock
feed and the third-biggest exporter of raw soybeans, the fourth
biggest provider of corn and a leading wheat supplier.
($1 = 14.1910 Argentine pesos)

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