The olive oil sector faces the harvest without a wage agreement: Business owners lower the offer and UATRE insists on higher pay.

At this time, in La Rioja and Catamarca, negotiations are underway for the olive harvest that is about to begin, and, for the moment, workers and employers have not reached an agreement. The negotiation, which has been dragging on since October 2025, took a new turn yesterday when the Regional Advisory Commission 13 -which corresponds to these two provinces- met in the Catamarca capital. The offer from the business sector, represented by CAME, was lower than previous proposals and was contested by UATRE, which argues that the economic reality in the sector requires a serious recomposition. With time running out, and just weeks before the olive harvest begins, both parties agreed to meet again this Thursday, and the union warns that "production is at risk." The meeting of the sectoral commission, chaired by Cristina Zamora, included representatives from UATRE from both La Rioja and Catamarca. On the employer side, CAME was represented by Bibiana Marabini, and there were no ...