BUENOS AIRES, June 15 (Reuters) – The largest Argentine oil union announced this Saturday that the organization will carry out a 48-hour strike to demand salary improvements, which will affect the production of the gigantic Vaca Muerta formation, as reported in a statement. .
The force measure, which will take place next Tuesday from 1100 GMT, was decided after the failure of all instances of dialogue between the Union of Private Oil Tankers of Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa and the companies in the sector, they expressed. from the guild.
“We try to sit down, to understand, to talk, to agree, and they bring us the same proposals as a year and a half ago, the same thing we talked about four months ago, the same thing we talked about two months ago, and the same thing we talked about last week when we went to joint meetings,” said the secretary of the union, Marcelo Rucci.
“So, they are going to cut the rope, because we have the predisposition to dialogue and discuss. Now, what we don’t have is time for them to disrespect us,” he added.
The secretary also announced that the measure will be carried out and the freedom of action will be used to not comply with a call for mandatory conciliation.
The Argentine Vaca Muerta hydrocarbon formation is the second largest unconventional gas reserve in the world and the fourth largest oil reserve. (Reporting by Hernán Nessi Editing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez)
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