Precariedad en las condiciones de trabajo y salud de los trabajadores del sector bananero del Ecuador
The objective of this study was to determine the influence of working conditions and work organization on the health-disease process of banana workers in Ecuador. The empirical component of our research was located in the province of Los Ríos, considered the new banana capital of Ecuador, where most...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6384807 |
| Source: | Salud de los Trabajadores, ISSN 1315-0138, Vol. 25, Nº. 1, 2017, pags. 9-22 |
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The objective of this study was to determine the influence of working conditions and work organization on the health-disease process of banana workers in Ecuador. The empirical component of our research was located in the province of Los Ríos, considered the new banana capital of Ecuador, where most of the banana companies of that country are located. The qualitative methodology included in-depth interviews with workers, representatives and union leaders from the cantons of Babahoyo (La Unión); Good Faith (San Pedro de la Y) and Quevedo. Among the main results, we identified the main employer policies and strategies to manage the work, and the different manifestations reflected by job flexibilization and precariousness. In this sense, the absence of contractual rules on hiring, dismissal, wages, job tasks, working conditions, among others, underscore a great degree of vulnerability of the workers. On the other hand, there are health problems associated with different risk factors, including the presence of agrochemicals, combined with intensive, high-paced, routine, mass-production work that allows little control of the production process by the workers. Also observed was the presence of strenuous and stressful work shifts, with high demands, with minimum rest breaks and days off (especially in the harvest and post-harvest seasons). |
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