Overview
- Alliance One confirmed the definitive closure of its Perico collection plant, ending direct tobacco purchases in the city.
- The firm will procure Jujuy tobacco via the Cooperativa de Tabacaleros de Jujuy, which will handle local intake, initial processing, and logistics.
- Company attorney Fernando Yecora said severance payments and final settlements for roughly 120 dismissed workers were being executed.
- The Sindicato de Obreros del Tabaco voiced alarm over mass job losses in a town reliant on the crop, noting many affected employees are over 50.
- Recent court victories by ex-workers from a 2019 Salta layoff strengthen labor claims as the cooperative and provincial authorities explore absorbing displaced staff.