Overview

• During a tour of the FATE plant in San Fernando on Día de la Industria, union chief Alejandro Crespo approached Vice President Victoria Villarruel and delivered a denunciatory communiqué.
• The letter accuses the government of enabling indiscriminate imports, weakening labor agreements and wages, and cites her tie‑breaking vote for the Ley Bases.
• SUTNA framed the visit as a provocation and labeled Villarruel a defender of the dictatorship, issuing a public repudiation of her presence at the factory.
• Two of the country’s three tire factories have activated Procedimiento Preventivo de Crisis with reduced output, with reported layoffs of about 452 at Bridgestone and 97 at FATE through July.
• Villarruel’s entourage told Clarín the encounter was cordial, while company president Javier Madanes Quintanilla hosted the visit and briefed her on operations.