On January 17, Andrea Riccardi, Minister for Cooperation, Immigration and Integration in government Monti was visiting Rosarno (Calabria) to realize the situation. Each year, between the months of November and March, the municipality of 15,000 inhabitants “host” hundreds of seasonal … Continue reading
The search for profit inherent to economic functioning of our societies pushes companies to settle and produce at lower cost. The unions maximizing profits to the detriment of workers and their rights, only productivity account. In this context of competition … Continue reading
Summary: Oranges in Rosarno are for industry, the industrial model promoted in the area is viable only thanks to subsidies. Changes in allocation policy and lower purchase prices have made it more profitable to stop pickking oranges and to leave … Continue reading
Appiah and Filipo are two friends engaged in a struggle different of the ones of unions, associations of lawyers. Both live in Castel Volturno, only one was born there. Appiah is Ghanaian, Filipo is Italian. Both believe that only the … Continue reading
Summary: The Netherlands has a great need for labor, especially in agriculture, though this need is accompanied by a xenophobic, partly directed against the 100 000 Polish temporary workers living there. Seasonal are hired by agencies in Poland, their wages … Continue reading
Summary: testimony of a group of market gardeners. In the days of Ceausescu industry had developed and there was work for everyone. But, eventually, factories were sold to foreign and dismantled. Some have turned to market gardening to maintain income … Continue reading
Summary: Sylvie during her mission went to meet farmers and farm workers of Romanian Moldavia to raise awareness of the Via Campesina and the Confederation Paysanne. People who migrate to be seasonal workers in Western Europe are often aware of … Continue reading
Summary: a text written by Spitou Mendy, spokesman of the Union of Agricultural Workers (SOC) Almeria section. In the region of Almeria small businesses, family farms and farm workers suffer the rules of agribusiness wich is destroying the peasantry and … Continue reading
We walk through the cold and deserted streets of Hołowianki, in silence, in the crystal clear air of this hamlet of 300 inhabitants, belonging to the municipality of Sabnie, a hundred kilometers east of Warsaw. Everything is still here, during … Continue reading
Ziarno (“grain”) is an organic farm in Grzybów, one of the 18 hamlets of the commune of Słubice (5000 inhabitants), 80 km west of Warsaw. The association was born officially in 1995, thanks to the tireless work of Ewa (originally … Continue reading
ROMANIAN WOMEN ’PICKED’ FOR THE STRAWBERRY HARVEST IN SPAIN : ANOTHER CHAIN IN EUROPE’S AGRO-INDUSTRY On the 25th and 26th November, 1700 women traveled from all over Romania to the town of Slatina in the south-western plains of the country, in … Continue reading
Summary: The agricultural crisis is hitting the undocumented migrants in the province of Almeria. The scarcity of seasonal hiring constrain them to a life on the margins, in chabolas (rudimentary constructions made of recycled materials) and cortijos (old houses of … Continue reading
Summary: Signh testimony, former peasant from the New Delhi area and agricultural workers in Piedmont. Arrived in Europe for a dozen years he worked in different sectors before becoming a farm workerand and experienced very poor working conditionsand low wages. … Continue reading
Summary: victims of racist violence the majority of African seasonal workers in Rosarno had to leave the region. Some have organized themselves into assembly to defend their rights and to make known their claims. The violence of 7 and 8 … Continue reading