Mexico to prohibit subcontracting of avocado, berry pickers
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico mentioned it will prohibit subcontracting of day laborers within the avocado and berry industries, partly to make sure corporations complied with necessities underneath the nation’s commerce settlement with the US and Canada.
Labor Minister Luisa Maria Alcalde mentioned on Monday her ministry would publish a suggestion stopping the industries from utilizing subcontract labor for sure actions.
It could particularly prohibit subcontracting for pickers of avocados and berries, billions of {dollars} of that are exported to the US yearly.
Alcalde introduced the coverage in a gathering in Uruapan, Michoacan, the highest avocado-producing state in Mexico.
Michoacan Governor Alfredo Ramirez, additionally current on the assembly, mentioned making certain formal employment was mandatory for corporations to adjust to the United States-Mexico-Canada commerce settlement, in addition to to settle a “historic debt” owed to day laborers.
Avocado farming in Mexico has lately suffered from gang violence, significantly in Michoacan. The US quickly suspended avocado imports from the state this 12 months after a U.S. regulator there obtained threats.
Alcalde mentioned the labor ministry would work with corporations “to begin a regularization course of, so there’s a degree taking part in area, to remove unfair competitors and promote respect for particular person and collective rights.”
(Reporting by Kylie Madry)
