Industrial Crisis: Unilever Closed Its Factory in Mendoza, Leaving 60 Workers Jobless

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    "title": "Industrial Crisis: Unilever Closed Its Factory in Mendoza, Leaving 60 Workers Jobless - Info del Estero",
    "excerpt": "The multinational Unilever abruptly closed its historic dehydrated vegetable plant in Guaymallén, Mendoza, dismissing the 60 workers who were part of its direct staff. The multinational Unilever abruptly closed its historic dehydrated vegetable plant in Guaymallén, Mendoza, dismissing the 60 workers who were part of its direct staff. The measure ended more than 60 years of uninterrupted activity in the Cuyo region and once again raised alarms about the retraction of industrial activity in the interior of the country. The surprising cessation of operations was notified to employees during the early hours of the morning, when the company began to communicate by phone to inform them not to report for duty. The Mendoza factory was a national reference in horticultural processing and constituted the only proprietary dehydrating plant that Unilever operated in the world, supplying raw material for Knorr brand soups, broths, and condiments. From the Food Industry Workers' Union (STIA), they confirmed that the dismissals affected all personnel at the establishment. Although the company ratified that it will pay the corresponding indemnities in accordance with labor legislation, the loss of these 60 formal jobs fully impacts local families in a complex economic context. \"At 5 in the morning, they started calling people not to show up for work,\" said the head of the union, Oscar Aciar...",
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