Argentine Workers Have Held Large-scale Strike Activities, The Local Major Tire Production Activities Have Completely Stopped.
According to foreign media reports, Argentina who asked for salary to raise salaries held a large -scale strike activity, which led to completely stopped local tire production activities.
It is reported that this strike was initiated by 5,600 workers from major local tire manufacturers, including international giants Puliti and Pirelli, and local tire manufacturer Fate tires.
These workers belong to the Tire Workers' Federation (SUBNA). Wage disputes have lasted more than 100 days and have not reached an agreement. And since last weekend, the factory production was paralyzed and the situation has deteriorated.
Pirelli confirmed in a statement: "We have stopped all operations and closed the boiler of the factory until the union's blockade was lifted." Fate tires confirmed the discontinued on Saturday. Temporarily closed the business in Argentina.
At the same time, the strike also affected the Toyota and Ford Automobile Factory in Argentina because these factories lacked tire inventory.
In a statement, the Subna Trade Union stated that employers (tire manufacturers) tried to end their salary negotiations from 2021-2022, ignoring the requirements of the workers, and proposed 38%of the trivial salary increase of 38%of the inflation of the government's prediction. Essence
The previously released inflation data shows that Argentina's inflation rate has soared to 78.5%year -on -year in August, a new high in 30 years, and an increase of 7%month -on -month. Argentine economists warn that the inflation rate may rise to a more crazy 100%by the end of 2022.
The Argentine government's industrial secretary, De Mendiguren, criticized the trade union's strike protest, stating that the average salary of the tire industry ranked 19th in the 265 industrial wages in Argentina.He claims that the strike has affected 127,000 direct and indirect jobs in the Argentine automotive industry chain.
It is reported that the Argentine Ministry of Labor officials met with representatives of Subna and related chambers of commerce on Monday, but the negotiations were still paused. The government called for a new round of negotiations on Wednesday. As for the construction time of the local tire factory, it is still unknown.