As negotiations continued the employers increased their offers to an 8% increase per day. Last Wednesday, an employer representative offered the workers a 6% increase-that is, just $.60 more per day- an amount the workers understandably found offensive. The workers’ alliance also demands an end to sexual harassment in the fields. In addition to higher wages, the workers seek employers’ compliance with their obligation to pay into Mexico’s social security and health insurance system as well as with labor laws. The workers are paid about $10/day, and for most wages have not increased in years. The highway blockade has been stopped for now, but the work stoppage continues.
The striking workers also shut down 55 miles of the Trans-Peninsular Highway for several days, blocking the movement of produce from Baja California to the US.
Thousands of farmworkers in San Quintin Valley, Baja California, Mexico, began a labor strike on March 17th, protesting low wages and poor working conditions.
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