Abstract
When I think about Silicon Valley and the big tech companies that are only about a thirty-minute drive from Half Moon Bay, there are major differences between the pay, benefits, and perks that come with working at the goggles of the world. Thermos for work. Boots for the rain. Rain Gear. Hoodies to protect us from the sun and to keep us warm are some of the things that the campesinos asked for… I think of corporate jobs and how when you get hired you get all the material that you will need to do your job given to you. Campesinos on the other hand make very little money and have to still buy all of their material that would allow them to do the job. This is something that I ask myself to this day. Why do the people who get paid the most get access to free transportation, free food, a free laptop, a chair for your home office, and a monitor to better see your work yet the people who make the least have to use from the little that they make to buy all of these things. I hope to continue to have these informal and informal conversations with the campesinos so that I can record as many of these stories as possible and also document the need to repost back as soon as possible to our audience of supporters. I hope to one day also be able to use…my future research to put together a proposal for our local, state, and national political leaders. I strongly believe that this should be a situation that should be taken care of from the root and that is passing legislation to better treat our Farmworkers.
Recommended Citation
Salamanca, Sarahi Espinoza
(2024)
"Reflections on Migrant Farm Working Families,"
Silicon Valley Sociological Review: Vol. 22, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/svsr/vol22/iss1/8