In the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, meat workers ask the government not to mess around with media anymore and enable media

Published 2023년 1월 27일

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In 2020, Argentina's labor authorities imposed a ban on manual loading of heavy meat pieces to protect workers, which ended up impacting meat exports by requiring halves to be cut into smaller pieces. Despite the meat industry's opposition, the ban remains in place, leading to concerns about workers' health and the precarious working conditions. The Meat Industry Personnel Union in Buenos Aires is calling for the implementation of mechanical means for unloading and transferring half cattle and meat over 32 kilos, demanding adherence to labor provisions and challenging the use of 'hombreo' (a local slang for unofficial, informal workers) in the industry. The union's actions aim to highlight the need for enforcing labor protections and adjusting the refrigeration industry to current regulations.

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First chapter: In 2020, echoing the demand of the meat unionists, the labor authorities impose a ban on the manual loading of pieces of meat over 25 kilos (later this weight was increased to 32 kilos), to take care of the health of workers. Second chapter: In 2021, taking advantage of the return of the stocks on meat exports, the exporting refrigerators agree with the government (the former ministries of Productive Development and Agriculture) and it is defined that the half beef will be prohibited and must be cut into pieces of no more than 32 kilos. In this way, a labor measure becomes a measure with a high commercial impact, since most of the meat in Argentina is transported as half cattle to the points of sale. Third chapter: Throughout 2022, the slaughterhouse and slaughterhouse sectors dedicated to supplying the domestic market tried to convince the economic authorities to desist from the forced quartering and allow the half beef to continue selling, but as long as the ...

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