“Bidirectional Communication Pilot Project in the Agricultural Sector of San Luis Potosí, Mexico”, January 2020

[The report describes] the standardized labor practices that deepen the vulnerabilities of people who work in the agricultural sector [of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí]. [It also mentions that] to prevent human trafficking and labor exploitation, it is necessary to improve the working conditions of agricultural day laborers ... It is evident that the costs are transferred to agricultural day laborers through advance payment or hook, the abuse of the vulnerability conditions that the population already faces in itself ..., the lack of contracts and guarantees to enforce the terms of employment offered, among others…

It is essential to evaluate labor conditions in Mexican agriculture through a human rights lens. In doing so, stakeholders will be better equipped to mitigate, and perhaps overcome, extant systemic vulnerabilities that affect the agricultural workforce…

[The report concludes that] the pilot project did not identify a clear prevalence of labor trafficking, this report intends to highlight an in-depth analysis on labor conditions in the sector, and the vulnerabilities that exist for the workforce that provides labor in this sector. While trafficking indicators were identified, it is clear that a case by case study is needed about how farmworkers encounter each part of the work process within their individual and structural vulnerabilities…