It surprises no one that with the crisis it has proliferated the submerged economy. It existed in the times of bonanza; otherwise one can't explain that Spain registers an 8% unemployment while it's economy grows above the European average. But the cruel facts of depression that the media revealed today goes beyond the simple exploitation of labour: prisoners of desperation, the participants of inverse auctions of day work has converted, simply and plainly, in slaves of the 21st century.
Like the Andalusian and Mucian immigrants in the 50's rented out by hour their hands as day labours until well into the 80's, in the vicinity of the Mercabarna (central markets of Barcelona with 800 companies corroborating). Today, at this hour and in different points of Barcelona, the excluded from this sick society, for now the the majority are immigrants, many with with work permit, milled around amongst company representatives without scruples, begging for work so precarious as ephemeral.
The modern day foreman fixes the derisive and contemptuous sum as starting wage and from there, the one who 'bids' (willing to accept, the reverse of an auction) the least gets the precious employment; for the sake of calling it something. And all that, of course, without contract, nor security measures of any kind.
These resigned day workers don't understand anything about indemnification for dismissal, collective agreement or alliance, or labour absenteeism. They are invisible to their patrons, or syndicates, nor are they interested in the reform of the market, of jobs; after all, they live in the sub-world where there are no rights to claim anything. The only thing that matters is to feed the hunger today. Tomorrow? God decides.
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