Overview
- The Buenos Aires provincial Labor Ministry imposed a conciliación obligatoria this week, yet the plant remained closed for a third consecutive day with no company notice to workers.
- More than 50 employees report six weeks of unpaid wages and say they were denied entry despite the order to restore normal work conditions.
- Workers and the UOM allege that matrices and raw materials were taken from the site, describing an ongoing vaciamiento that they say continued on Thursday.
- Company representatives say they filed a restructuring plan, reported a delegation-led usurpation and blockade, and cite security concerns and a lack of working-capital financing for the stoppage.
- The Berisso municipality and provincial authorities are holding hearings and state they are seeking a resolution that protects jobs.