Argentina, Meat Importer: New Layoffs at a Historic Meat Processing Plant

The historic drop in meat consumption and the collapse of exports had already led to the shutdown of the Las Heras refrigeration plant and layoffs at the Azul facility. Added to this was the entry of meat from Brazil, and now it is the turn of the historic Anselmo refrigeration plant in Tres Arroyos, which laid off 26 workers. "For the city, it is a catastrophe," said Néstor García, general secretary of the Meat Union of Tres Arroyos, who also heads the Labor Ministry Delegation in the province, warning that the number of dismissed workers continues to grow. He reports that there were two in January, 2 in February, 13 in March, 17 in April, and now in May, workers from the refrigeration plant were added. According to him, all production has gone backwards since the beginning of 2025. "Prices went to hell, and today we have the last four refrigeration plant balances that were negative," he said in dialogue with 'Página/12', and gave an example from the street: "The butcher who ...