Córdoba, Argentina, AFIP fights against heinous working conditions

Posted on June 1, 2011 • Filed under: Argentina, Human Rights Latin America, Labor Issues, Social Issues

A raid ordered by Federal Court No. 3 and performed by the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) in Paso Viejo, Córdoba found 34 unregistered workers, including women and 2 children, working in subhuman conditions collecting and processing olives on a rural farm. They were forced to live in a camp on the job site with no electricity, gas or water and worked with no safety precautions nor proper tools, according to infobae.com. The workers were paid 8 pesos for each 20 kg of olives they harvested. An investigation on rural farms in Argentina showed that 85% of workers are not declared by employees, meaning they have no retirement fund and no accident coverage. A similar situation was discovered in Santa Fe where 15 unregistered workers were planting vegetables and strawberries. 

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