The glocalization and its consequences: Notes on seasonal workers in the Lerida fruit growing / La glocalización y sus consecuencias: apuntes sobre los temporeros en la fruticultura leridana

Abstract

Every spring-summer, in the campaign of the fruit in the south zone of the province of Lleida, takes place around 20,000 hiring related to the collection of the agricultural product. These short-term contracts correspond to temporary workers, who, for the most part, come from other parts of the state and are from foreign sources. The text shows the results of a research work that sought to know the details of the organization and development of a fruit of this campaign. Field work included: interviews with key informants; the carrying out of a questionnaire to 900 seasonal workers who worked in the collection tasks; a questionnaire to 150 employers of them; as well as documentary analysis and journalistic information. It reflects the profiles of the different agents involved and the discourses, vicissitudes, successes and uncertainties around which it develops.

Keywords

• Harvest season
• Temporary job
• Immigration