Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Breaking News-RTRS-Argentine soy hub workers threaten pay strike

BUENOS AIRES, March 16 (Reuters) - Argentine oil crushing workers could decide to strike within two weeks if grains exporters do not agree to their pay demands, a union leader said on Tuesday.
Argentina is the world's No. 3 soybean exporter and the top supplier of oil and meal, and market talk of a possible strike in the grains port of Rosario helped drive U.S. soy futures higher in morning trade in Chicago. <0#S:>