The union is also demanding better working conditions such as bathrooms and security for truckers who often have to wait days in long lines to unload their grain at the height of the harvest season. Undated photo.
Fetra is demanding an increase of about 30% in trucking fees, which would bring the minimum charge to about 27.50 pesos($6.55) per metric ton for short-haul grain transportation.
The area is home to ports that service most of the leading international grainbrokers, including Louis Dreyfus SA, Noble Argentina SA, the local units of Bunge Ltd. (BG) and Cargill Inc., Nidera SA and Vicentin SA.