BUENOS AIRES , March 11 (Reuters) - Argentine oilseed workers union SOEA will launch a national strike on Wednesday at soybean processing plants belonging to exports conglomerate Vicentin due to a wage dispute, a union leader said on Tuesday.

SOEA secretary Martin Morales said the strike will be done together with the Federacion Aceitera organization, adding that Vicentin only paid 30% of wages owed to workers last month.

"Today we initiated a measure in all Vicentin plants in San Lorenzo and Ricardone (in Rosario's port area)," he said, stating that on Wednesday the strike will expand nationwide.

The measure will be indefinite, a union source told Reuters.

Once the country's largest marketer of processed soybeans, which for years have been Argentina's most valuable export, Vicentin has been in bankruptcy proceedings since 2020.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

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