Argentine port strike ends after vaccination agreement

A strike that lasted almost a day and affected grain shipments from Argentina ended on Thursday, May 27, after unions said they had reached an agreement that gives workers priority in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign.

Port workers carried out a 48-hour stoppage last week due to lack of access to the vaccine. The movement returned on Wednesday, paralyzing ships in the third largest global exporter of corn and the main supplier of soybean meal used as feed.

“After several meetings with ministries of health, transport, and labor, we are being considered essential workers in the country’s vaccination plan. For this reason, the unions involved are suspending the strike,” said a statement from the union of ship operators, one of the 11 groups that were on strike.

The unions issued yet another statement, together, highlighting the end of the strike movement.

“All of our members have received a note from the government that all on-board personnel have priority in the country’s strategic vaccination plan.”

The unions represent essential workers for the docking and cargo handling of cargo ships. The only groups of workers who were given priority for vaccines in Argentina before Wednesday’s agreement were health, police, and educators.

Source: Folha de São Paulo

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