Strike shuts down BA for a week

At the end of August, port workers in Buenos Aires belonging to the SUPA trade union began an indefinite strike in rejection of a ruling by the Works Ministry that stevedores employed in the stuffing and destuffing of containers actually belonged to the Hoist trade union.

These workers represent more than half of SUPA’s membership.

Five terminals at the port were negatively impacted for a period of seven days, with vessels diverting to nearby Montevideo, where traffic increased by 40%, pushing its capacity to the absolute limit.

Meanwhile, 22 terminals located close to the city of Rosario on the Parana River were without cereals for export following industrial disputes by producers.

7-9 October

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