Overview
- The national compulsory conciliation that froze 920 dismissals lapsed on March 18 without an agreement.
- Buenos Aires Province launched its own 15-day compulsory negotiation, ordering the union to suspend direct actions during talks and instructing the company to avoid bad-faith measures.
- A San Isidro appeals court revoked an eviction order for the factory, recognizing the occupation as a labor action protected by the constitution.
- SUTNA called assemblies and a March 19 march to the provincial Legislature to push a temporary-occupation bill to restart production.
- FATE has not paid late-February wages and now faces a national administrative investigation with potential fines under the labor sanctions regime.