Argentina: Concern in Madryn fisheries due to escalation of conflict
Argentina
Published Apr 27, 2022
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A climate of tension has been perceived in recent weeks in the Puerto Madryn fishing industry as a result of the pressure exerted by the leadership of the Food Industry Workers' Union so that, compulsively, all companies focus on hake processing in winter.
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Regardless of the legitimacy of the claims or the constitutional right to demonstrate, a scenario of growing conflict is taking place with practices of vandalism at the entrance gates to the plants or graffiti on the buildings where the administrations of some of the companies operate. This situation generates concern on the part of the companies, given the repeated facts, and they warn that they do not find representation from the local political leadership to contain these signs of conflict, but on the contrary, they consider that from those sectors of politics they end up encouraging the union protest. Precisely in the fishing activity there are plenty of examples in recent history of conjunctural situations that have ended with the social peace cracked. It is known that the escalation of conflict and violence that is not limited, but is also fueled, can have unsuspected consequences. The fishing industry in Puerto Madryn, for the most part, focuses its business on the shrimp ...
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