Overview
- Santa Fe’s Labor Ministry ordered Vassalli to prove payment of overdue wages within 24 hours for roughly 250 employees after repeated complaints from UOM and ASIMRA.
- Vassalli’s management cites an impending sale to secure continuity, but provincial officials report no formal offers and the Firmat plant remains effectively idle.
- Workers at Vassalli continue roadside protests on National Route 33 and are weighing a factory occupation and legal action if payments and a concrete plan do not materialize.
- Lácteos Verónica halted production at its three Santa Fe plants, leaving about 700 workers unpaid since October after a weekly payout scheme collapsed in early January.
- Dairy producers say they are owed roughly US$60 million and central bank data show more than 10.9 billion pesos in rejected checks, while a provincial lawmaker reports workers voted to occupy the Verónica plants.