The strike conducted this Monday by the Single Union of Cargo Carriers of the Argentine Republic (Siunfletra) affected the entry of trucks into ports and also compromised the circulation of transport in the internal trade of the country, but at sunset the measure of force is was revoked after having opened “a table for dialogue and social peace” with the intervention of the Ministry of Labor of the nation.
The Minister of Labour, Kelly Olmos, led the meeting with the highest representatives of Siunfletra, Mario Pereyra and Fernando Curbelo, and with representatives of the Ministry of Transport, in which “the parties undertook to work to improve the situation of the sector”.
They promised to review “a new tariff regime and mechanism to monitor and penalize the industry’s freight invoice and bill of lading work.”
At the same time, it will try to create “a telepostal police to regulate the parcel transport tasks of the different applications”.
The Ministry of Labor has formed this table with the participation of various bodies, such as Transport, AFIP, ENACOM and the Secretariat of Commerce.
The Single Union of Cargo Transporters of the Argentine Republic (Siunfletra) carried out a strike on Monday that affected traffic in ports and main accesses in various cities, asking for tariff updates and improvements in working conditions.
The measure was launched under the slogan “Freight transport is in an emergency”.
In this context, the Chamber of Private Commercial Ports has found that the measure of force has interrupted the free circulation on the main routes of the country and access to the ports; It mainly affected cargoes, preventing the arrival of trucks at the respective port facilities, generating innumerable inconveniences both for carriers and for the normal conduct of port activity both in the ports of Grande Rosario and in the ports of the province of Buenos Aires. ” .
The main cuts were made on the Rosario-Buenos Aires highway and AO 12; Route 34 and AO12; Route 11 and AO12; Route 11 and Route 10; and Route 91 and Route 11.
The form of protest consisted of detain freight trucks, which caused delays. Meanwhile, the traffic police made detours with the intention of speeding up traffic.
Last week, the Federation of Maritime, Port and Naval Industries of the Argentine Republic (FeMPINRA) had carried out a strike in the ports of Rosario demanding a reduction in the payment of Profits.
In the city of Santa Fe, the disruption affected the entrance to the port, near the Correo Argentino building and in Circunvalación Oeste, where freight trucks were detained but the transport of fuel, passengers, live cattle and light cattle. vehicles.
According to agricultural export sources, the ports were running with very little activity because trucks could not enter due to blockades. Only 1,600 trucks (at night) arrived (against 5,300 on the same date in 2022.
“In the difficult time of drought that the country is going through, the need to earn foreign exchange and the fulfillment of contracts abroad, it is imperative to try to solve these problems through dialogue and institutional channels and without affecting the normal development of the business We need to be able to work without these constant disruptions,” the House of Private Ports said in a statement.
And they urged “both the national authorities and SIUNFLETRA to take the necessary measures to immediately resolve the conflict by unblocking the routes and blockades at the terminal entrances, allowing the movement of trucks to resume, as required by law and to be able to continue with the operation as long as necessary in the current circumstances of the country”.
Source: Clarin
