The Ministry of Human Capital, through the National Directorate of Labor Relations and Regulations, issued mandatory conciliation for 15 days this Monday in the conflict between the Union of Grain Receivers and Annexes of the Argentine Republic (URGARA) and the Chamber of Commercial Private Ports (CPPC), which represents the port terminals in the Industrial Corridor.
The measure is issued under the framework of Law 14,786 on Collective Labor Disputes, after the union announced a national strike starting at 00:00 hours on Tuesday, November 11, which would have affected operations at ports, storage facilities, and control plants throughout the country.
With this provision, the Government ordered the situation to be reverted to the state prior to the conflict and required both the union and the companies to refrain from taking measures that affect the normal provision of work.
Conciliation for 15 days and warning of sanctions
The official document (Disposition DI-2025-2582-APN-DNRYRT#MCH, signed by Mara Ágata Mentoro, national director of the area) establishes that the conciliation period will extend for 15 days from 00:00 hours on Tuesday, November 11.
During that period, URGARA must suspend all union actions, and the ports must guarantee the usual work of their personnel DI-2025-125007519-APN-DNRYRT%MC….
The Ministry also ordered the parties to comply with the provisions under warning of sanctions provided for in Law 25,212, which establishes joint sanctions for union or business representatives who fail to comply with the conciliation DI-2025-125007519-APN-DNRYRT%MC….
Likewise, a virtual hearing was scheduled for Thursday, November 20 at 12:00 hours, with the aim of evaluating progress in the negotiation and compliance with the measure.
Impact on the ports of Greater Rosario
The Chamber of Commercial Private Ports, affected by this provision, groups the main terminals in Up River: Bunge, Viterra, Cofco, LDC, ACA, Cargill, Molinos Agro, and Renova, among others, which concentrate more than 80% of the country’s exports of soybean meals and oils.
In this way, the national strike announced by URGARA cannot be carried out in the ports of San Lorenzo, Puerto San Martín, and Timbúes, where activity must continue normally until the conciliation process concludes.
An ongoing conflict
Although the measure temporarily halts the conflict, the salary differences between URGARA and the business chambers remain unresolved.
The union demands a salary recomposition retroactive to September 2025, an advance on the 2026 collective bargaining agreements, and the start of negotiations for the 2025 annual bonus, among other points.
The Ministry’s provision seeks to preserve social peace and ensure the continuity of an activity that is key to the national economy, in the midst of the shipping stage of the agro-industrial complex.