Migrant Farmworkers in 'Plastic Factories': Investigating Work-Life Struggles

by Valeria Piro

Book Overview

This book provides a fine-grained ethnographic examination of the everyday negotiations and conflicts taking place in greenhouses and packinghouses in an agricultural district in south-eastern Italy (Sicily). In a highly competitive global scenario, driven by multinational corporations and large retailers, small and medium-sized farms largely rely on migrant labour to fill their demand for casualized, flexible and low-paid jobs. By taking the reader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030745112
• ISBN13: 9783030745110
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"