Overview

• Thousands of workers from Ternium contractor firms marched through San Nicolás to protest low pay and recent layoffs after the blast furnace shutdown.
• Ternium reportedly offered a 150,000‑peso monthly increase, but the parties remain split over paying strike days and the status of 220 dismissed Loberaz employees.
• The provincial Ministry of Labor declared the mandatory conciliation period completed without results, leaving the conflict unresolved.
• Company executives have warned of permanently closing the blast furnace and sourcing steel from Brazil or China, according to local reports.
• UOM leaders Abel Furlán and Naldo Brunelli backed the mobilization and signaled the dispute could expand nationally with support from nearby districts.