Overview
- All three Santa Fe facilities are now idle, with employees stationed outside to prevent equipment removal and reports of neglected maintenance and basic supplies.
- After Ministry of Labor talks failed, the company issued telegrams cutting shifts to four hours through April, and workers report subsequent notices slashing pay and hours by 50%.
- Roughly 700 staff say wages from December onward remain unpaid or partial, the firm’s ART coverage is cut, and a cited 200 million–peso debt to a transporter has disrupted logistics, while the province frames the dispute as a private matter and extended limited aid.
- About 160 dairy farms report months of unpaid milk deliveries totaling millions of liters, as official BCRA indicators show liabilities above 13.4 billion pesos, more than 3,800 bounced checks and commercial debts near US$60 million.
- Authorities say there are no confirmed sale talks despite sector rumors involving Savencia, and management has denied owing workers or planning a sale, deepening uncertainty over any restructuring.