The Argentine Oilseed Industry Chamber (CIARA) announced on Tuesday that it has reached a wage update agreement with the two oilseed workers’ unions — the National Federation and the SOEA of San Lorenzo — following intense negotiations under mandatory conciliation. This ensures operational continuity and social peace across the entire agro-export complex.
“The agreement was reached at the close of the mandatory conciliation process, generating predictability and labor stability for the remainder of 2025,” the organization representing the sector’s leading companies — responsible for nearly half of Argentina’s exports — reported.
Argentine Oilseed Industry Chamber (CIARA) (@CamaraAceites) November 6, 2025
The oilseed industry and the two unions reached a wage agreement at the end of mandatory conciliation, ensuring social peace for the rest of 2025. In mid-2026, both parties will sit down to review wages based on the INDEC inflation index. This…
According to the statement, the agreement includes two stages:
- Closure of the 2025 wage bargaining round, with an update aligned with INDEC’s projected inflation.
- Opening of the 2026 wage round, with increases totaling 13.8%, to be applied in stages throughout the coming year.
The deal also includes a review clause for mid-2026, when the parties will meet again to assess price index trends and preserve workers’ purchasing power.
“This consensus reflects the maturity of dialogue between the parties and the commitment of all stakeholders to safeguard industry competitiveness and worker well-being,” CIARA emphasized.
With this resolution, any possibility of a strike or union conflict that could disrupt activity in the industrial port corridor — during peak shipping and crushing season — has been averted.
The San Lorenzo Oilseed Workers and Employees Union (SOEA) is expected to issue its own statement in the coming hours, ratifying the terms of the agreement.
The outcome of this negotiation was closely watched by the entire agro-export sector, as a potential strike would have paralyzed the country’s main source of foreign currency inflows.
With this agreement, the oilseed industry secures predictability and labor stability in a complex economic context, consolidating a framework of union cooperation that will enable uninterrupted production and exports throughout 2025.