Search El Periquete by keyword, province, region, topic, actor, institution or subject.
Chaco
The customer service company attributed the cut to the loss of one of its main contracts. The measure reached operators, supervisors and administrators of a city with just over 30,000 inhabitants, where the company had set up shop in 2023 with expansion plans.
Buenos Aires
Entrepreneurs, workers, and senators toured the mining hub in the provincial center and reported reduced production, sales below cost, layoffs, and equipment sales. The legislative commission will continue the local meetings to turn sectoral demands into a project agenda.
Santa Fe
The staff at the Lehmann plant have not been paid since December 2025 and in July they began to receive dismissals with compensation calculated at 50%. The camp in front of the establishment seeks answers about two different obligations: the accumulated debt and the departure of those who lost their jobs.
Santa Cruz
The SIPGER began a general strike and maintains a presence at the entrances after Patagonia Resources rejected reinstatements and cut contracts. The union denounces a lack of tasks and demands investments, continuity of projects and remediation work from YPF with local employment.
Córdoba
The company sent about 35 dismissal notices and reportedly seeks to cut nearly 70% of its workforce. Employees claim unpaid wages, bonuses, and severance while the UOM and ASIMRA negotiate without agreement before the Labor Secretariat.
Buenos Aires
Goldmund dismantled the plant, moved its machinery to San Martín, and relocated the offices to the City of Buenos Aires. The company is trying to restructure liabilities exceeding 39.234 billion Argentine pesos and reduced its staff from more than 350 to 111 workers.
Neuquén
The municipal administration defended disciplinary proceedings over prolonged absences and said it would not reinstate the employees. SOEMC argues that two dismissed workers were union delegates with statutory protection. With conciliation exhausted, the dispute may move to industrial action and judicial review.
San Luis
Master Lajas, Cidal and Cerámica San Lorenzo embody the deterioration of a manufacturing network marked by shutdowns, unpaid wages and outstanding severance. Bagley, Drean and Spar have also seen protests, suspensions or early leave, although their situations do not amount to permanent closures.
Buenos Aires
The company announced a definitive closure, but its lawyer later said the staff were suspended and would be called to individual settlements. The workers arrived without dismissal notices, found security at the entrance, and demanded pending wages, vacation pay, and severance.
Formosa
Gildo Insfrán announced a new adjustment and Adrián Muracciole stated that the province will be above inflation for the second consecutive year. The economist attributed the effort to its own resources, in a scenario of lower federal revenue sharing and national pension debt.
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.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The strike and march will take place August 5 from 1 to 5 p.m., after business chambers notified changes to production lines. The union says importing pre-soldered assemblies threatens 200 direct jobs and could cut up to 60% of positions in the segment.
Buenos Aires
The halt in public works and declining private construction have crushed demand for crushed stone. Galasur plans 27 dismissals, Canteras Argentinas proposes wage cuts of up to 50%, and Ana Rita is pursuing about 20 voluntary exits while AOMA challenges the proposed terms.
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.
Misiones
The coordinating minister of Cabinet assured that the merger of ministries seeks to optimize resources and streamline management. He stated that there will be no layoffs of public employees and that the changes respond to a complex economic scenario with fewer resources from the Nation.
