Tag: Omar Suarez

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 04:47 UTC

  Argentine labour disputes are bogging down shipments of soy and grains

  

  Crews needed to guide ships through Argentine ports will stay off the job until more staff is assigned to work busy docking shifts, a union leader reiterated on Friday.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 18:56 UTC

  Argentine dock workers conflict extends; 150 ships idle waiting to load

  

  Scores of grains ships sat idle outside Argentina's ports and off the Uruguayan coast on Tuesday as the country dock workers’ union and port managers' chamber sparred over a strike that threatened to disrupt exports.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 05:13 UTC

  Argentine maritime workers ratify ‘random blockade’ of British vessels

  

  The Argentine Confederation of Transportation Workers (CATT) ratified on Wednesday that it would randomly block British ships from docking on Argentine ports, in response to the UK’s refusal to negotiate the Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty.