Monday, March 5, 2012

RTRS-UPDATE 3-Argentine dockers end strike in Rosario grain hub

BUENOS AIRES, March 2 (Reuters) - Argentine dock workers ended a strike on Friday that had delayed dozens of grain ships in the country's main grains hub Rosario,
port chamber CAPYM said.

Dock workers who moor ships in Argentine harbors walked off the job on Thursday for an indefinite strike over what they called inadequate staffing of work shifts.

This left dozens of vessels paralyzed along the Parana River near Rosario, one of the world's biggest grain export centers.

SOMU, the union representing the dock workers, "agreed to lift the strike," Guillermo Wade, director of Argentina's CAPYM port managers chamber told Reuters. SOMU representatives could not be reached immediately for comment.