Pineapple production in the Atlantic and South Pacific Regions of Costa Rica: Characteristics, organization, and labor conditions
A careful reading of the Costa Rican socio-economic context of the past several years reveals the change from a model oriented towards the internal market, to a model aimed at inserting the country into the world market. In this context, export activities were strongly promoted,
Una cuidadosa lectura al contexto socioeconómico costarricense de los últimos años da cuenta del cambio experimentado por un modelo, que en esencia ha pasado de estar orientado al mercado interno a ser dinamizado y fortalecido para insertar al país al mercado mundial. En este marco, las actividades de exportación recibieron un fuerte impulso y al interior de estas, un conjunto de productos agrícolas denominados no tradicionales se erigieron en estrellas de un firmamento productivo volcado sin reparos a conquistar los mercados internacionales.
This report, commissioned by ILRF in Costa Rica in (x year), found evidence of the following labor rights violations in summary.
Right to Associate
Freedom of association is not granted to agricultural workers at workplaces with fewer than ten permanent workers. As many agricultural workers are seasonal or otherwise contractual, they are denied the right to associate.