The documentary OthersCollected reconstructs the phenomena of illegality in agriculture and presents the virtuous cases
Illegal work, caporalato, barracks of sheet e plastic bags. Or integration, employment contracts, legal assistance, housing. Two different ways of producing fruit and vegetables in Italy are presented in the documentary 'OthersCollected' from River Journal Project, ppresented together with the studio 'BeAware - Best Practices against Work Exploitation' on 3 October 2018 in Rome.
The web-documentary shows 5 contexts critical, where the exploitation of labor in agriculture nevertheless finds valuable alternatives, inspired by legality and respect for workers. THEInterviews with the protagonists of the rescue ethics, splendid photographs and a large amount of data inspire useful reflections.
The Red Gold of Foggiano
Lo exploitation of the laborers in agriculture it affects the largest 'red gold' deposit on the planet, in the province of Foggia. 27 thousand hectares of crops, 27 million euros per year of tomatoes.
A Rignano, seat of a infamous ghetto of immigrant laborers, is in force 'there XNUMXst century slavery'. To which the Casa Sankara cooperative, which instead is committed to implementing an ethical model of hospitality and work.
Olives without caporalato in the Trapani area
The corporal, illegal practice overall management of laborers (in placement, accommodation, transport, bureaucracy) finds a happy alternative in the province of Trapani.
In Castelvetrano, 32 thousand inhabitants, where they flock every year 1.500 migrants for the olive harvest, one was established Door for use. The workforce is managed flexibly, but in compliance with the rules. And the minimum trade union wage is 65 euros, at least double the amount paid in black.
Oranges and accommodation in Calabria
The ghettos they amass in extreme conditions up to 9 thousand seasonal workers, almost always foreigners. The phenomenon is prevalent in the South, but is also growing in the North. In Saluzzo, in the Cuneo area, where there are a thousand camped out. And in Canelli, in the province of Asti, where there are about a hundred.
To Drosi, desolate hamlet in the province of Reggio Calabria which it welcomes about 800 migrants engaged in the orange harvest, 24 unused apartments were offered to seasonal workers. The result was a positive model of integration between natives and immigrants, which is also reviving the small economy of the district.
Vegetables between innovation and fair work
Innovation and worker training they are crucial tools to combat illegality in agriculture. Paradoxically, Italy shines in the export of innovative agricultural systems but makes relatively little use of them on its territory.
Finagricola emerges for theand its good practicesa high rate of innovation combined with the training of workers, extended to seasonal workers (almost always foreigners).
The parasites of Asti grapes
Sweep checks and penalties the exploiters of laborers are not lacking. In 2017, over 7 farms were inspected in Italy. The ascertained irregularities led to the imposition of almost 5 million euros and the confiscation of almost 8 thousand agricultural land.
Control activities and repression of illegality - orln addition to interrupting the 'dirty' supply chains - they prove useful, at least in some cases, to solicit the indignation of local communities towards the abuses.
In Canelli, la 'city of wine' nel Monferrato, the 'Rosarno model' was gaining ground. But the Piedmontese illegal hiring has been (almost) eradicated. Thanks to the media scandal that muddied some in 2015 entrepreneurs e civil society awakened.
The documentary 'OthersCollected' - rcreated by journalists Marzio Mian and Nicola Scevola, with photographers and film maker Massimo Di Nonno and Nanni Fontana - can be viewed for free on http://www.altriraccolti.it/.
Marta Strinati and Dario Dongo
A professional journalist since January 1995, she has worked for newspapers (Il Messaggero, Paese Sera, La Stampa) and periodicals (NumeroUno, Il Salvagente). She is the author of journalistic studies on food and has published the book "Reading labels to know what we eat".
Dario Dongo, lawyer and journalist, PhD in international food law, founder of WIISE (FARE - GIFT - Food Times) and Égalité.
