How Migrant Farmworkers Are Cross-Pollinating Strategies and Winning
Source: Labor Notes
It’s been a whirlwind spring of precedent-setting wins for North America’s migrant workers, who are making connections across borders.
After three months of strikes and protests, 30,000 berry pickers in Baja California, Mexico, won raises of up to $4 a day and rights to social security benefits and overtime pay.
These workers, mainly indigenous farmworkers from Oaxaca and Guerrero, allied with U.S. groups including the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and galvanized international support.