Argentine oil workers launch strike after accidents, affects Vaca Muerta

The largest oil union in Argentina began an indefinite strike on Sunday to demand labor improvements after a series of accidents that injured workers.
The Private Oil and Gas Union of Rio Negro, Neuquen and La Pampa is the largest in the country, representing some 25,000 workers. It speaks for workers operating in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation, the world’s second-largest unconventional gas reserve and fourth-largest oil reserve.
“Tired of the tragic accidents that cost lives or leave workers maimed and in the absence of responses from the companies and the national government to put an end to this situation, we decided to start executing a defined plan to fight back last Thursday,” the union said in a statement.