Overview
- Rural agricultural workers have maintained route blockades for three days across 150 UATRE sections, disrupting traffic in provinces from Buenos Aires to Salta and Jujuy.
- Employers’ groups CRA, CAME, Coninagro and FAA proposed a combined 0 percent increase for June, 1 percent for July and August and an 8,000-peso bonus, which the union rejected as a “hunger wage.”
- The campaign was spurred by a full boycott of the July 22 CNTA meeting by employer associations, leading to a deadlock in collective bargaining.
- With annual inflation exceeding 40 percent, UATRE leaders argue that stalled negotiations are eroding rural workers’ purchasing power and deepening hardship.
- No new negotiation date has been set and UATRE head José Voytenco has declared that blockades will continue until paritarias secure fair salaries.