From Social Struggles to Revolts of Globalization.
Farm Workers in the Capitalist Areas of Southern Italy.
This paper aims to develop a reflection on the theme of transformation
of the struggles of farm workers in the areas of agrarian capitalism in
the South, on the production of citrus fruits. In particular, we intend
to compare the structured dimension of the struggles of the labour
movement of agricultural workers in the province of Siracusa in the sixties
with the current state of exploitation of agricultural workers in the Plain
of Rosarno. We have analyzed the case of the struggles of agricultural
workers that led to the massacre of Avola (1968) and the revolt of the
immigrant workers in Rosario in 2010. The main objective of this study
is to introduce an assessment of how the macro-economic and social
trends have influenced the responses of the workers movement and also
to analyze the role of trade unions in their attempt to govern economic
transformations and to represent social problems associated with them.