In San Quintín, Agricultural Workers Pick for Northern Profit
Early morning starts, picking a kind of modern “red gold” that grows in the south of Baja California.
Baja California
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Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security
“The separation between landowners, agricultural companies, and transnational corporations, combined with the multiple levels of labor intermediation, creates an extremely complicated context for workers.”
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Working Amidst Poverty; Life in San Quintín
Despite the more than 10 billion pesos in annual production generated by large, technologically advanced agricultural fields, farmworkers live on unpaved streets, without streetlights or public transportation; their homes lack electricity, water, and drainage.
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San Quintín Workers Blockade, Sheinbaum Reprimands Morena Members: “Work more with the people!”
Farmworkers in the San Quintin Valley initiated a blockade to protest corruption in the San Quintin municipality prior to President Sheinbaum’s visit.
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San Quintín: Exploitation of Agricultural Day Labourers Persists
Baja California day labourers arrive at ranches in the early morning and begin harvesting agricultural products on a piece-rate basis until they finish, without benefits or social security, in a completely illegal scheme.
