BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine oilseed workers lifted a strike and returned to work at soybean processing plants belonging to exports conglomerate Vicentin after negotiations over overdue wages advanced, oil workers union SOEA said on Thursday.
The union had initiated the strike last week at Vicentin’s plants, temporarily disrupting soy processing in Argentina, the world’s largest exporter of soybean oil and meal.
On Wednesday, the workers received 75% of the amount related to their February wages, and next Wednesday they will receive the remaining 25%, SOEA Secretary Martin Morales told Reuters.
Workers had been calling on Vicentin, which has been in bankruptcy proceedings since 2020, to pay their salary for last month after the company paid just a fraction of what was owed, citing a “critical financial situation”.
(Reporting by Maximilian Heath; Writing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Gabriel Araujo)
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