Overview
- Mirgor prevented roughly 300 employees from entering its Río Grande facilities on Monday, with local reports breaking the total into about 223 at the Einstein plant and 73 at the Malvinas plant.
- Workers staged protests that blocked plant access and nearby streets while union delegates were reportedly denied entry and the Unión Obrera Metalúrgica filed a formal complaint with the provincial Ministry of Labor.
- The provincial labor ministry has opened compulsory mediation to pause the dismissals and has summoned the parties to an urgent hearing to seek a negotiated resolution.
- Company sources say the move is not part of a permanent downsizing and that the listed positions are needed to maintain production, but the stoppage is already disrupting activity that supplies time‑sensitive auto assembly lines.
- The union links the dispute to a long‑standing annual bonus allegedly paid for 15 years, most affected workers are reported to be permanent staff with seniority, and the UOM says it will define further measures if negotiations do not progress.