Abstract
Recent critiques by scholars conducting research on the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and labour geographers assert that there has been a lack of emphasis in the academic literature on the relevance of the formal workplace for developing an understanding of the social relations between capital and labour. In this article, I address these critiques through an empirical examination of workplace dynamics on two small-scale tobacco farms in Delhi, Ontario, Canada. My analysis draws upon original empirical evidence from interviews with three Mexican and nine Jamaican workers, two union representatives, and two farm owners. I argue that the farm is not simply a site for producing tobacco with economic efficiency, but an arena of struggle in which workers confront their employers, and a place of critical contests in the politics of production.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 54-67 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Human Geography(United Kingdom) |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Explotaciones de Tabaco
- Geografía del Trabajo
- Labour Geography
- Labour Process
- Migrant Workers
- Proceso de Trabajo
- Programa de Trabajadores Agrícolas Temporeros
- Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
- Tobacco Farming
- Trabajadores Migrantes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Philosophy