Overview
- Negotiations continued without a salary settlement after a multi‑hour session this week and the parties were reconvened for a final hearing on Thursday as the conciliación obligatoria reached its deadline.
- Unions are pressing a one‑time recomposition tied to a Salario Mínimo Vital y Móvil figure near ARS 2,802,754 while employers (Ciara‑CEC) insist on automatic monthly salary updates tied to the official IPC inflation index.
- Industry groups say they already granted rises in the first half of 2026 and warn that the sector’s relatively high wages and IPC‑linked updates preserve purchasing power more sustainably than large lump‑sum increases.
- Union leaders have left open the option of a national strike once the conciliación expires and officials warn that any stoppage would disrupt soybean and corn processing, port activity and export flows concentrated in Gran Rosario.
- The Secretaría de Trabajo used and extended an exceptional conciliación to buy time for talks but cannot keep extending it, so the outcome of the Thursday hearing will determine whether talks produce a deal or trigger industrial action.