The Spanish Workers' Commission (CCOO) in Huelva has denounced the plight of a group of seasonal Moroccan female workers contracted for the current agricultural campaign, highlighting what they describe as «serious violations of their labor and human rights». According to a statement from the union, the workers arrived in Huelva on April 7 to work on a farm owned by Berrys la Dehesa. However, just weeks after starting their jobs, they were left without work, income, or any form of support from the company. The union notes that the women have no signed contracts and have not received payslips to establish a legal relationship with the employer. Moreover, the company has failed to initiate the necessary administrative procedures to regularize their residency and employment status in Spain, which the union considers a flagrant violation of the law. The situation is especially alarming, the union emphasizes, as one of the workers is five months pregnant, leaving her doubly vulnerable without social or medical protection. The workers, hoping to keep their jobs, had already sent their April wages to their families in Morocco, leaving them in an extremely precarious financial position. For weeks, they have faced ongoing pressure from the farm manager and the company's owner to leave Spain voluntarily, without any alternative or contractual commitment offered. According to the union, the women live in constant fear of dismissal or retaliation, avoiding their residence during the day. Furthermore, the fact that they have been left without work for over 85% of the contractually stipulated period constitutes a clear violation of the employment program under which they were recruited, and it breaches Spanish law. The CCOO has called on the authorities to urgently intervene to regularize the workers' legal and administrative status, guarantee their rights as migrant workers, and open an investigation to determine the administrative, economic, and legal responsibilities arising from these violations.
