# Oilseed Workers' Strike Extended and Hits Grain Export Activity

> The Oilseed Federation and the San Lorenzo local union extended a national strike by 24 hours over wage demands. Workers are staging gate sit-ins at plants, and the stoppage is disrupting grain export activity. Employers' chambers did not offer a new wage proposal after the failed hearing.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T00:17:37.368Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/96738-oilseed-workers-strike-extended-and-hits-grain-export-activity
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Stoppages at Rosario-area crushing plants reduce soybean meal and oil shipments and can push meal and oil prices higher while the strike continues.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-05-24 | [Strike Hits Grain Exports at Argentine Port \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47128-strike-hits-grain-exports-at-argentine-port-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.7% | -6.8% |
| SBM | 2020-11-09 | [Argentine Grain Port Workers Strike Over Wages](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50155-argentine-grain-port-workers-strike-over-wages.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2020-12-01 | [Argentina Port Workers Strike, Affect Shipments \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49664-argentina-port-workers-strike-affect-shipments-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.7% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2021-02-03 | [Argentine Grain Exports Hit by Trucker Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48462-argentine-grain-exports-hit-by-trucker-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | -1.7% |
| SBM | 2020-09-29 | [Argentine cereal and oilseed exports stopped by grain inspectors' strike — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50973-argentine-cereal-and-oilseed-exports-stopped-by-grain-inspectors-strike.md) | +3.3% | +17.1% |
| SBO | 2020-11-09 | [Argentine Grain Port Workers Strike Over Wages](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50155-argentine-grain-port-workers-strike-over-wages.md) | +5.1% | +10.0% |
| SBO | 2021-11-04 | [Argentine oilseed workers ordered by government to end hours-long strike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14069-argentine-oilseed-workers-ordered-by-government-to-end-hours-long-strike.md) | -3.0% | -6.6% |
| SBO | 2019-05-29 | [Strike halts grain exports in Argentina \| 2019-05-29  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58924-strike-halts-grain-exports-in-argentina-2019-05-29-world-grain.md) | +0.7% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- monitorgremial.com.ar: https://monitorgremial.com.ar/se-extiende-el-paro-de-aceiteros-y-causa-impacto-en-la-actividad-exportadora-de-granos/

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