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Entre Ríos
The governor met four unions over the Concepción del Uruguay plant, where employees remain idle and claim unpaid wages since late April. The province is providing subsidies, food assistance and a social electricity rate while searching for reactivation alternatives.
Buenos Aires
The Techint group company sent dismissal notices to permanent staff despite mandatory conciliation imposed after 150 terminations. The Avellaneda metalworkers' union notified the Buenos Aires Province Labor Ministry, which must assess penalties or legal action when the measure expires.
Chubut
The fishing company's president conditioned his attendance at hearings on a STIA union official taking a toxicology test and promised to undergo the same check. The Labor Secretariat must rule on a conciliation order challenged by the company.
Entre Ríos
The governor met four unions over the Concepción del Uruguay plant, where employees remain idle and claim unpaid wages since late April. The province is providing subsidies, food assistance and a social electricity rate while searching for reactivation alternatives.
San Juan
SOMPRA and AOMPE sent meeting requests to about 45 companies, but only Los Azules replied. The organizations demand oversight of the legal 80% quota for San Juan labor and say qualified local personnel are available for mining projects.
San Juan
The San Juan factory acquired in 2017 was operating at 52% of capacity in early 2026 amid falling consumption and higher unit costs. Dismissal notices triggered protests and claims that the first severance proposals were below legal requirements.
Buenos Aires
The beverage distributor stopped operating at the Central Market after removing trucks and assets over a weekend, according to employees. The Truck Drivers' Union declared an emergency and is preparing action to claim wages, bonuses and severance.
Santa Fe
The shutdown in Puerto General San Martín puts more than 130 families at risk and exposes the deterioration of a strategic industrial chain linked to synthetic rubber.
Catamarca
Residents of El Desmonte and communities in northern Belén blocked National Route 40 to demand local labor hiring in mining projects and the Ampajango solar park. After meetings with authorities, the protesters lifted the measures, but the demand for work persists in the interior of Catamarca.
Santa Cruz
The national senator backed SIPGER's demand for Pan American Energy to apply Law 90/10 in the Santa Cruz section of Cerro Dragón and prioritize local workers.
Neuquén
The provincial government met with ATE, UNAVP and UPCN, heard sector-specific demands and agreed to resume wage talks on July 28.
Jujuy
Carlos Sadir inspected the road project on National Route 66, designed to improve connectivity, safety and traffic
Santa Fe
The paper company faces a delay in its insolvency proceedings, a major debt burden and an open labor conflict after offering to pay only 30% of wages immediately.
Córdoba
Auto parts maker Crucianelli SRL closed its plant in the city of Córdoba without prior notice to workers, who
Chaco
Business leaders, lawmakers and provincial officials have been called to discuss public transport in Greater Resistencia, a system hit by route suspensions, company crises and financial strain.
Buenos Aires
Tenaris SIAT, part of Grupo Techint, terminated 150 contracts at its Valentín Alsina plant after losing two tenders linked to Vaca Muerta and Southern Energy's LNG project. The decision hits the country's only factory of this type of pipe.
