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Ledesma sugar refinery at centre of Jujuy's Covid-19 crisis Workers file legal action against Ledesm
Workers file legal action against Ledesma after at deaths of least 13 workers at a sugar refinery in northern province of Jujuy.
Nick Evans
Powerhouse of the sugar industry and founded in 1889, Ledesma is one of the oldest companies in Argentina.
The firm owned by the Blaquier family has also become the epicentre of a Covid-19 outbreak which has helped to bring the health system in its home province of Jujuy to the brink of collapse. Workers at the agribusiness giant say they’re preparing a legal claim.
On Wednesday night (September 9), 53-year-old José Nina became the 13th Ledesma employee to die after being infected with Covid-19 in Jujuy, a province that until only recently appeared to have the virus under control.
At the end of July, the region had suffered the relatively small number of 53 fatalities among some 2,000 positive cases. Six weeks later, deaths have climbed to 328 – a province of 719,000 (just under two percent of the national population) has the highest infection and death rate per head after Buenos Aires and CABA.
More:
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/ledesma-sugar-refinery-at-centre-of-jujuys-covid-19-crisis.phtml
