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[*] posted on 5-13-2015 at 05:48 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Bajahowodd  

It varies some, but before it was running about the equivalent of $8 a day. The workers started out demanding approx $19.70 a day and lowered it to $13.10 a day, ....

So yes, it is a lot less than they earn in the US.

They are lucky that foreign growers are US and Canadian, otherwise it would've been less. Have just seen a documentary - $4 a day on copper mines owned by Chinese in Zambia. Local blacks are not too picky, but for $100 a month you can't feed a family there. They say - there were other colonizers before, but these are the worst. British reporter put it differently though - They don't underpay, they are just paying Chinese wages for Chinese work conditions :D
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[*] posted on 5-13-2015 at 08:03 PM


fyi, Drove from Loreto to Todos Santos today along Rt1. Ciudad Constitucion had what looked like workers gathering for something. Only police presence seemed to be directing traffic, no inspections, etc. Rally looked peaceful, as there were people hawking food to the people milling about.

Monday drove from Ensenada to Catavina, and saw burn marks on the road, and hit 3 military checkpoints. Catavina to Loreto on tuesday was 3 more military checkpoints, but nothing visible beyond that.




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[*] posted on 5-14-2015 at 12:59 PM


I am in Guerrero Negro headed north and was told that the road is closed and phone calls are not going through....anyone have an update...I was going to drive through tomorrow...
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[*] posted on 5-14-2015 at 02:56 PM


That gathering in front of Finanzas in Ciudad Constitucion was the school teachers that are on strike.

Nothing to do with farm workers. That was in Dec. here.
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