Tension: a historic national combine harvester factory is paralyzed and there are fears that a conflict may escalate

Another week of tension in the conflict between the company that manages the Vassalli harvester factory, located in Firmat, in the south of this province, and the 280 workers who reject partial payments of owed salaries. "There is no solution because the company does not have one," said a union leader at one point during the rally yesterday at the end of a day characterized by sustained protest from workers and their families, first at the entrance to the company and then with the alternate closure of National Route 33, in front of the factory. According to this newspaper, the company only offered a partial payment of $400,000 per worker, corresponding to salaries for June, July, and the year-end bonus. The proposal was rejected by the employees who demand at least one million pesos to resume production. Diego Romero, general secretary of the UOM Firmat, said that "if they give a million (to the workers), they will start working." From the union, it was indicated that the plant's ...