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Mexico’s Day Laborers Renew Reform Demands as Fresh Data Exposes Persistent Exploitation

This week’s data on low earnings, benefit gaps, contractlessness underpins calls for stronger inspections, expanded social services, a unified labor registry

Overview

  • Alianza Campo Justo held nationwide press conferences on August 4–5 to restate its six-point agenda and unveil updated federal statistics on agricultural day laborers and their accompanying families
  • New figures show women jornaleras earn around 2 pesos per crate—200 to 300 pesos a day—falling short of the 315-peso regional minimum wage
  • More than 80 percent of day laborers lack formal work contracts, health coverage and social security benefits despite a legally recognized professional agricultural wage
  • Agroindustrial employers continue to evade obligations through intermediary chains and outsourcing, leaving workers unregistered with the Mexican Social Security Institute The coalition is urging federal and state authorities to enforce robust labor inspections, establish a unified registry, ensure regular contributions and expand gender-sensitive social protections