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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.
National
The proposal redefines the preservation of the currency's value as its central mission, prohibits financing the Treasury, and changes rules for removal, reserves, and profits. LLA and allied blocs signed the report with two technical adjustments and aim to debate it on August 26.
Buenos Aires
The governor joined the demands of researchers, technicians, and scholarship holders against national cuts and stated that Buenos Aires maintains projects and scholarships to prevent the departure of trained young people. His agenda included water and sewage works, a House of the Province, laptops, and municipal financing.
La Pampa
The Chamber of Commerce survey for May and June showed that 47,6% need to refinance debt and 21,4% reduced staff. Only one third paid suppliers and the mid-year statutory bonus in full, while expectations for the end of 2026 remain mostly negative.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Two projects seek to simplify economic procedures and modify the effect of administrative silence in the City. The scheme provides for a single window, a digital file, and provisional authorizations with subsequent control for low-risk activities, while maintaining prior controls in sensitive sectors.
Catamarca
Eight libertarian deputies supported the provincial Executive's project to modify the legal structure of the mining and energy company. Francisco Monti and Laura Quintero voted against it along with other opposition blocs; due to the changes introduced, the initiative now returns to the upper chamber.
Córdoba
The councilor proposes a Convención Constituyente to abolish the body from the Organic Charter and distribute its functions among Defensa del Consumidor, the Regulatory Entity, and the Council. The municipal Executive proposes, instead, to keep it and replace the popular election with a legislative appointment.
Formosa
The municipal workers will receive increases of 5% in August, September, and October, replicating the adjustment announced for provincial agents. SUTRAMUF confirmed the decision of Mayor Jorge Jofré and presented it as a partial relief in a context of lower resources and pressure on income.
La Rioja
The regional meeting will take place on August 14 with representatives from Córdoba, San Juan, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, and the host province. Production, employment, development, and distribution of resources will be part of a discussion that also aims at political reorganization towards 2027.
Río Negro
The legislator questioned the announcement of Alberto Weretilneck and argued that the approved law only grants the municipality of Bariloche maintenance, administration, and road operation. She also demanded pending investments and linked the discussion to her objections to the transfer of 4,160 provincial employees to permanent staff.
San Luis
Deputies approved by 27 votes against 11 the RIPEE, which brings together tax exemptions, labor subsidies, financing, and management of fiscal properties. The scheme covers multiple activities, includes trade, and sets benefits of up to 15 years for new investments in the province.
Corrientes
The governor of Corrientes brought to the Norte Grande Assembly a proposal to legislate tariff benefits, expand the gas network, and accelerate logistics routes and infrastructure. He also called for deepening the Waterway and participated in the regional analysis on risks associated with El Niño.
Santa Cruz
The province led the national ranking in the first half, driven by five major metal-mining operations. The exports belong to the companies, not the Treasury: mining fees, royalties and taxes transfer only part of the value, while employment, infrastructure and territorial distribution remain under debate.
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.
