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1 Feb 2012

Author:
Maria Sjödin

[PDF] Forced Labour in the agricultural sector in Argentina

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Inspections by the Argentinean…[labour and] tax agency AFIP during 2011 confirmed the existence of forced labour at rural estates hiring seasonal workers. …[A] compilation of information …regarding cases of forced labour detected between January 2011 and January 2012…found 62 people subjected to servitude at the estate Santa Celestina owned by the company Satus Ager SA in the province of Buenos Aires…In another case detected in January 2011 the company Nidera was accused of having employed 130 people in conditions akin to forced labour…In March 2011 six managers at Southern Seeds Production SA were accused of having subjected migrant workers to servitude. The Argentinean Association of Seed Producers (ASA) or the Institute for Ethics and Quality in agriculture (EticAgro) could be forums for launching a similar initiative in Argentina [as those implemented in Brazil]…