A Harvest of Justice in San Quintin?
The farm workers of the San Quintin Valley have gotten the federal government to commit to facilitating negotiations for a wage hike. But movement leaders warn that the the agreement is still not a victory.
The farm workers of the San Quintin Valley have gotten the federal government to commit to facilitating negotiations for a wage hike. But movement leaders warn that the the agreement is still not a victory.
Aunque los jornaleros del Valle de San Quintín lograron que el gobierno federal mexicano se comprometiera a facilitar la negociación de un aumento salarial para los más de 80 mil trabajadores agrícolas de esa región de Baja California, aún no se puede hablar de un triunfo.
The millions the big growers make in profits contrasts sharply to the biting poverty of the men and women who work their fields in the San Quintin Valley of Baja California. A new movement has exposed the conditions they suffer– and their determination to improve them.
Las ganancias millonarias y la abundante prosperidad por parte de los agricultores frente a una precariedad lacerante de quienes hacen producir los campos en el Valle de San Quintín, Baja California, son condiciones que han quedado al descubierto luego del movimiento de los jornaleros agrícolas iniciado hace un par de meses.
A pobreza e o autoritarismo do governo (junto ao seu subsequente controle sobre a mídia e restrições à liberdade de expressão) são os principais […]
The immigration of thousands of Oaxacans to the United States beginning in the 1970s and the lack of government attention given to their native communities has led the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations (Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales, FIOB) to develop communication strategies that serve as tools to further the binational defense of the participating indigenous communities’ rights.
La pobreza y el autoritarismo gubernamental (con su consecuente control de los medios de comunicación y restricciones a la libertad de expresión) son los […]