The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) has sent a letter to various government officials, including the Chief of Staff, Juan Luis Manzur, to warn of their concern in the face of protests from carriers in several provinces of the country.
Basically, the leaders have warned about the negative effects that can occur in the face of the interruption of the circulation and distribution of industrial goods due to roadblocks in various regions of the country. “This measure – carried out by TUDA together with UNTRA and SUTAP – is affecting provinces such as Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Tucumán, Neuquén and Rio Negro,” he said in a statement.
The reason for these cuts is the shortage of diesel at the national level, which already affects 19 of the 24 provinces of the country “and negatively affects the travel times of carriers, who see limited supply of diesel in the various refueling stations throughout the country “.
“The measures in question not only violate the free movement of goods and people in the national territory, but also by preventing the transit of essential products and inputs for supply chains of public interest, they jeopardize the rights of producers and consumers all over the country.
These path blocks have a strongly negative impact on the supply of inputs for production Nationally, the entity led by entrepreneur Daniel Funes de Rioja warns.
“From the UIA we ask the minister to arbitrate the measures necessary to allow circulation, resume production and guarantee supplies to the entire country”.
“From now on, we re-propose the form proposed by the UIA a working table together with the Secretary of Energy, Ministry of Transport and Productive Development work together on the situation that has been affecting transport for several months
The claim of the industrialists is part of the protests and roadblocks that the freight transport unions have been maintaining in recent weeks due to the shortage of diesel, the surcharges and the increase in costs they have to face.
The marches respond, according to their organizers, to the lack of response from the Ministries of Labor, Transport and the Energy Secretariat, despite the government announced plans to increase diesel imports, a fuel widely used for agricultural machinery, trucks and passenger buses, among others.
Source: Clarin
