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Santa Cruz
Rafael Güenchenen's leadership faces Governor Claudio Vidal, criticism from self-organized workers and reports—without an official resolution—of talks to intervene in the union. YPF's withdrawal, an estimated 8,000 regional job losses and mixed production results deepen the conflict.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The 85 layoffs accumulated during the year and were concentrated in Río Grande and Tolhuin. The union cited reports of another 50 dismissals, but the company has not confirmed that figure or any branch closure.
Río Negro
Villa Regina, Choele Choel and Las Grutas will cease operations on September 30 because the bank estimates annual losses of US$10 million. Its General Roca and Cipolletti offices will remain open in Río Negro.
Misiones
The employees had up to 25 years of service and say they did not receive the first of twelve agreed severance installments. Posadas branches are undergoing an internal reorganization, but no additional layoffs have been confirmed.
Corrientes
Severance payments reached employees on the Litoral corridor at General Belgrano Bridge, Riachuelo and Ituzaingó. The new contracts provide for greater automation, but private concessionaires have not said how many current workers they will hire.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The mayor of Ushuaia published an open letter about the labor dispute and argued that the company's growth was enabled by industrial incentives and workers in Tierra del Fuego. He called for the layoffs to be reversed, but the selected information contains no company response.
La Rioja
The Catamarca textile company attributed the cuts to a reorganization amid falling consumption and rising imports. Employees questioned the use of WhatsApp to notify them and are awaiting a conciliation hearing called by the provincial labor authority.
Santa Cruz
The calculation combines employing firms, business-license cancellations and a decline in independent work, so it does not equal four corporate closures a day. The province has lost between 350 and 400 private employers since November 2023.
La Rioja
The La Rioja textile company is awaiting an expanded uniform tender to restart for about two months. This is not a permanent closure, but it exposes a weakened industrial structure and a year-on-year loss of 2,600 formal private-sector jobs.
Buenos Aires
The retail workers' union described much slower turnover in central Tandil: after a clearance sale and closure, another business no longer moves in quickly. The city still lacks a consolidated local count measuring the scale of the trend.
Santa Cruz
The avenida Presidente Néstor Kirchner 742 branch ceased operations permanently due to negative business results. The company is analyzing alternatives for the remaining staff, including a possible relocation to the local hypermarket, but has not yet confirmed how many people could remain employed.
Entre Ríos
The province added relief on 2026 taxes, grants, food support, electricity benefits and health care for affected families. It also announced a joint task force with Córdoba and Buenos Aires as the company's crisis spreads across plants in all three jurisdictions.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
Daniel Rivarola reported four terminations without cause in Río Grande and one in Tolhuin. Local managers attributed the move to restructuring amid falling sales, while the union said the retail sector has already recorded more than 82 layoffs this year.
Río Negro
The demonstration outside Intecnus challenged the layoffs and restructuring at the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Eight people were reinstated, but political and scientific representatives warn about 20 Bariloche families, nearly 300 contract workers and the continuity of 379 CONICET postdoctoral researchers.
Córdoba
The Commercial Observatory of the Chamber of Commerce also measured a drop of 12% in profitability compared to July of 2025. In the monthly comparison, units declined 7% and profitability 5%, while the average ticket remained below the June level.
Mendoza
Commerce, restaurants, winemaking and automotive-related businesses are adjusting after exhausting internal cost cuts. Cecitys acknowledges that no consolidated tally of closed establishments exists, while suspensions and workforce reductions are appearing across different sectors.
