2 10 140 https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/546ade41374d60ececbf3a58924d90b0.pdf 997bd9c9677bb490710d23f37b4bcae5 Story or anecdote Stories and anecdotes in this archive are stories told about the experiences of agricultural workers. These stories can be told from the perspective of agricultural workers, promotores, advocates, and family members . Examples of personal stories include: journal entries, letters, written testimonies, photos of/from workers’ perspectives, and poems written about one's own experiences. [Main Participant] is who the story is about. [Creator] is the the person who recorded the story. Original Language Español Spanish Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Agricultural worker County of story Fort Morgan County, North region 3 Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) North east colorado, Fort, Morgan area Lea en español Buenas Tardes,yo soy una mujer mexicana que trabaja en los files en el Noreste de Colorado en el condado de Morgan. El trabajar en la agricultura es difícil, este es un trabajo pesado y no muy bien pagado. Son jornadas largas y muy mal pagadas, en esto se hace mucho sacrificio pq soy madre de familia. Es complicado dejar a los niños en la escuela temprano y llegar lo más rápido que se pueda al trabajo. Algunas veces la labor empieza muy temprano y nuestros hijos tienen que alistarse y caminar a la escuela solos. Cuando estamos trabajando los patrones se molestan y no son flexibles a nuestros horarios como madres de familia. Yo entiendo que es mi trabajo pero quisiera que asi como yo respondo en mi trabajo hubiera un poco más de flexibilidad de parte de ellos, pero algunas veces no es toda la responsabilidad de los patrones, es de los encargados que desgraciadamente son hispanos como nosotros. En el trabajo no siempre nos proporcionan agua o baño. Algunas veces cuando nos proporcionan el baño, tenemos que evitar el tomar agua pq no nos dejan ir seguido al baño. Tenemos que trabajar aunque esté el sol fuerte, lloviendo. Esto es algo que no es valorado de parte de nuestros empleadores. Y a pesar de que hacemos nuestro trabajo como nos dicen no siempre están conformes. Muchas veces nos sentimos discriminados por nuestra apariencia o por el simple hecho de no tener papeles. El salario es el mínimo nos pagan a $13.00 por hora, el tiempo es corrido sin oportunidad de tiempo extra (overtime). Son largas jornadas de trabajo y con lo que nos pagan algunas veces no sacamos ni para pagar renta, comida o biles. Algunas veces tenemos que escoger o priorizar qué es lo más importante. Mi vida en la cuarentena fue dificil pq trabajamos con miedo de enfermarnos, porque nosotros no paramos de trabajar. Hubo mucha más gente pidiendo trabajo y el no conocerlos o saber si estaban sanos nos preocupaba. No había medidas de seguridad, nunca nos chequearon la temperatura o preguntaban si nos sentíamos mal. Solo nos daban una mascarilla por turno y no eran estrictos ya que no todos lo usaban ya que fácil eramos mas de 10 personas en un lugar cerrado. Si yo me sentía mal tenía que trabajar de todos modos por miedo a perder mi trabajo. Después nos dimos cuenta de que los patrones nos estaban pagando a $18.00 la hora pero el mayordomo nos pagaba a $13, esto fue muy lamentable porque solo un compañero tuvo el valor de reclamarle al mayordomo y perdió su trabajo. Yo honestamente mejor no dije nada pq de ahí comemos mis hijos y yo. Esto se ve muy seguido cuando trabajamos en el campo, los patrones pagan una cosa y nosotros recibimos otra. [P: Si tuviera oportunidad de hablar con legisladores que les diría?] Yo les diría que el trabajo en la agricultura fuera mejor pagado, que se hicieran valer nuestros derechos básicos como seres humanos. Igualdad para los que tienen y no tienen papeles porque hacemos el mismo trabajo. Que dejen de explotarnos en jornadas tan largas y si son jornadas largas tener derecho a overtime. Yo no le temo al trabajo, pq a eso vine solo quiero lo justo. Read in English Good afternoon, I,m a Mexican woman who works in the field in Northeast Colorado in Morgan County. Working in agriculture is difficult, this is heavy work and not very well paid. These are long days and very poorly paid, in this a lot of sacrifice is made because I am a mother of a family. It’s hard to drop the kids off at school early and get to work as fast as possible. Sometimes the work starts very early and our children have to enlist and walk to school alone. When we are working the bosses get upset and are not flexible to our schedules as mothers. I understand it’s my job, but I wish that just as I respond in my work there would be a little more flexibility on their part, but sometimes it’s not all the employers, it’s the managers who are unfortunately Hispanic like us. At work we are not always provided water or bathroom breaks. Sometimes when we are provided a bathroom, we have to avoid drinking water because they won’t let us go to the bathroom often. We have to work even if the sun is strong, raining. This is something that is not valued by our employers. And even though we do our job as we’re told, they’re not always happy. Many times we feel discriminated against by our appearance or simply because we don’t have papers. The salary is the minimum we are paid at $13.00 per hour, without overtime opportunity. They are long working days and with what we are paid sometimes we do not even make enough to pay rent, food or bills. Sometimes we have to choose or prioritize what is most important. My life in quarantine was hard because we worked in fear of getting sick, because we didn’t stop working. There were a lot more people asking for work and not knowing them or knowing if they were healthy worried us. There were no security measures, they never checked our temperature or asked if we felt bad. They only gave us one mask per shift and they were not strict as not everyone wore it as it was easy to be more than 10 people in a closed place. If I felt bad I had to work anyway for fear of losing my job. Then we realized that the employers were paying us at $18.00 an hour but the manager was paying us at $13, this was very unfortunate because only one partner had the courage to claim from the butler and lost his job. I honestly didn’t say anything because this job is how I feed myself and my kids. This is seen very often when we work in the field, bosses pay one thing and we get another. [Q: If you had the opportunity to speak with legislators, what would you say?] I would tell them that the work in agriculture should be better paid, that our basic rights were asserted as human beings. Equality for those who have and don’t have papers because we do the same job. Let them stop exploiting us in such long days and if it is long days they have the right to overtime. I’m not afraid of work, because that’s what I came to, I just want the right thing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "I honestly didn’t say anything because this job is how I feed myself and my kids." Description An account of the resource A mother describes how she balances her work and her family. She also explains how the employer treated workers during COVID-19. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adriana Carrazco Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-17 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kassandra Neiss Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource written por escrito Type The nature or genre of the resource Story or anecdote Una historia o anécdota Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Morgan County https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/52072520627e0c14a2c47e385c6e3552.ogg 7ed846d9ce60e2b65d8d0a73c443e986 https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/0f20d34e89bcfd24f5ee5355e0740fc9.pdf a48c30b3e2504bc514f552fe434e1b72 Interview A verbatim transcript of a conversation between two or more people. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Agricultural Worker Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) North Region 3 Original Language Spanish Español Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Adriana Carrazco Lea en español 00:00.000 --> 00:10.000 [Promotora] Hola buenas tardes [Trabajadora] Buenas tardes [Promotora] ¿Cómo está? [Trabajadora] Muy bien, gracias a Dios. ¿Y usted? [Promotora] Muy bien, también gracias a Dios. Me gustaría hacerte unas preguntas si se pudiera. [Trabajadora] Sí, está bien. 00:11.000 --> 00:30.000 [Promotora] Ok, mira: Para la organización para la que nosotros trabajamos, está interesada en escuchar las historias de los trabajadores del campo. Se está trabajando ahora en un proyecto de ley para reforzar los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas. [Promotora] Estas historias que usted nos cuentan, van a ir a dar a manos de los legisladores para un proyecto de ley. 00:33.000 --> 00:39.000 [Promotora] ¿Sí? [Trabajadora] Oh, sí está muy bien. [Promotora] Ok… [Trabajadora] Que bueno oiga [Promotora] Ahora te voy a hacer las preguntas. [Trabajadora] Ok, sí está bien. 00:39.500 --> 01:00.000 [Promotora] Bueno, ¿puedes contarme tu, un poco sobre cómo es trabajar en el campo agrícola aquí en Colorado? [Trabajadora] Pues para mí ha sido muy duro. El… por el hecho de que batalle en primer lugar, porque no tengo quien me cuide al niño. Quien me lo lleve a la escuela, que me lo traiga. [Promotora] Y tienes que trabajar [Trabajadora] Y tengo que trabajar [Promotora 2] (Susurra) Mas fuerte 01:01.200 --> 01:23.000 [Trabajadora] Tengo que buscar ride y hay veces que no tengo para la gasolina. Tengo que andar buscando ride, alguien que me pueda hacer el favor. Es muy, muy difícil. [Trabajadora] Muy duro porque también, bueno, no sé si esté bien que diga todo esto, pero es que a veces… [Promotora] No, pues es que esa es tu experiencia. La que tú me estás contando, así es que todo lo que tú me puedas decir acerca de eso, está muy bien. 01:23.700 --> 01:37.000 [Trabajadora] Ok. No sé, sí es muy, muy difícil incluso más si tienes niños y o vives lejos de… [Promotora] De donde trabajas. [Trabajadora] Del lugar de trabajo. [Promotora] Ok, ¿qué tiene de difícil trabajar con agricultores de Colorado y en granjas de Colorado? 01:39.500 --> 02:05.000 [Trabajadora] Bueno, pues lo más difícil es la gente. Que a veces te encuentras con gente que es igual que tú, pero por un puesto más, por un carguito más que les dan, a veces son muy injustos con uno. [Trabajadora] Es difícil porque tú vienes de lejos, cansado, pensando en tantas cosas, dejando tus hijos, a veces lo dejas hasta solos en tu casa porque no tienes que te los cuide o ahorita con esta pandemia no puedes… ahorita con esta pandemia 02:06.200 --> 02:25.000 [Promotora] No puedes estarlos llevando… [Trabajadora] La escuela… no se puede, no pueden ir a la escuela entonces tienes que arriesgarte a dejarlos solos. Es difícil que llegas al trabajo y a veces hay gente que no, que a veces hasta por llegar tarde te llaman la atención; si sabe las dificultades que tú vienes pasando por estar ahí. [Promotora] Por estar ahí. ¿Qué crees que causa estas dificultades que me acabas de decir? 02:26.500 --> 03:00.000 [Trabajadora] Pues muchas cosas; a veces, como te digo, a la gente de los patrones, los que mandan, les dan un cargo más y se aprovechan de eso. [Trabajadora] Muchas veces también como no dan… no tienen agua. Que son dificultades muy duras ahí, a lo mejor también hay gente que, por ejemplo, nosotros tenemos una experiencia de alguien que no era nada allí y empezar a hablarnos con malas palabras. 03:01.000 --> 03:19.000 [Trabajadora] O sea, eso también no estuvo bien. Hubo unas dificultades por esos motivos. Que se refieren a la gente de mala manera, de mala manera. Y son muchas cosas las que uno como trabajador tiene que pasar. [Promotora] Que pasa uno. [Trabajadora] Sí y a veces los patrones, el que es realmente el patrón, el que te paga, no se da cuenta de todo eso. 03:19.500 --> 03:46.000 [Promotora] De todo lo que está pasando el trabajador [Trabajadora] Es difícil porque ellos no están a veces ahí presentes para que tú puedas dar una queja con el que corresponde realmente. [Promotora] ¿Por qué quisiste trabajar aquí en Colorado? [Trabajadora] Pues porque aquí vivo. Aquí llegué, me tocó trabajar en el campo porque ahorita no tenía otra cosa en que trabajar. Y aquí me gusta, aquí vivo, aquí está mi familia. Por eso aquí, aquí estoy. 03:47.000 --> 04:02.000 [Promotora] ¿Qué fue lo que te trajo aquí? [Trabajadora] Pues supuestamente como dice uno, una vida mejor. A seguir adelante… [Promotora] En busca de algo mejor [Trabajadora] En busca de algo mejor para un futuro mejor, para nuestros hijos más que nada. 04:02.700 --> 04:25.000 [Promotora] Si tú tuvieras 60 segundos para hablar con los legisladores estatales, ¿qué les dirías? [Trabajadora] Pues que tengan más en cuenta a uno como trabajador agrícola. Porque no somos tomados en cuenta en ninguna de las… por decir, ahora en esto de la pandemia, somos los que nunca estamos enfrente, somos los olvidados. Se puede decir… [Promotora] ¿Diciendo que son de los no primordiales? 04:25.500 --> 04:44.000 [Trabajadora] Exacto. [Promotora] Esenciales, trabajadores esenciales. [Trabajadora] Exacto, así es. La mano de obra de los agrícolas en muy mal pagada. Muy, muy mal pagada. Y a veces también, de eso se aprovechan. Sí tu patrón te da un sueldo a ti y el que te contrató te quita de tu dinero, o sea que hubiera más control, sobre todo. 04:45.000 --> 05:10.000 [Trabajadora] Que nos den un pago justo, que nos traten como personas, que no sea… que no haya racismo. Porque hay muchas personas que las tratan… yo lo puedo decir, hay personas de otras razas a las que tratan aún peor que a uno y es una tristeza que todos esos legisladores de aquí Colorado no pongan atención a esas, pequeñas o no… bueno para nosotros son grandes detalles que no nos toman en cuenta. 05:10.500 --> 05:47.000 [Promotora] ¿Hay algo más que tú quisieras agregar sobre tu experiencia o algo que haya sabido? [Trabajadora] No pues hasta ahorita es eso es todo señorita. Pues qué bueno que haya alguien como ustedes que nos apoyen, que nos escuchen, que puedan llevar a cabo nuestros pensamientos, todas nuestras quejas hacia esas personas, esos legisladores que ojalá y que, con todas estas, perdón, estas cosas que estamos nosotros pasando y que les pueda llegar a ellos por parte de ustedes, nos puedan tomar más en cuenta y tener un poquito más de… 05:47.750 --> 06:11.000 [Promotora] ¿Consideración? [Trabajadora] Si de consideración, de trato y sueldo mejor para las personas. [Promotora] Pues este es nuestro trabajo y es lo que andamos haciendo y pues claro que nos gustaría poderlos ayudar más. Es por eso por lo que andamos en esto verdad e igual si necesitan algo o sabe de algo más que quisieras compartirnos, ya sabes nos puedes buscar cuando tú quieras. 06:11.500 --> 06:32.000 [Trabajadora] Ah pues muchas gracias por todo. También les agradecemos mucho la despensa. Estamos muy, muy contentos porque esa ayuda es muy, muy valiosa para nosotros. [Promotora] Que bueno. [Trabajadora] Ojalá y ustedes sigan, porque ustedes con frío, con nieve nos ha tocado que nos atrae la despensa y valoramos mucho la labor que ustedes están haciendo señorita 06:32.500 --> 06:54.000 [Promotoras] Ah. Muchas gracias, muchas gracias. [Promotora] Y la última pregunta, ¿te gustaría permanecer en el anonimato o quieres darnos tu nombre? [Trabajadora] No, mire pues me gustaría estar en… permanecer en anonimato. [Promotora] Ok, muchísimas gracias por su tiempo y pues por todo lo que nos compartiste. [Trabajadora] Pues muchas gracias a ustedes señorita. [Promotora 2] Que tenga bonita tarde. [Trabajadora] Igualmente, gracias. Que amables. Read in English 00:00.000 --> 00:10.000 [Promotora] Hello, good afternoon [Worker] Good afternoon [Promotora] How is it going? [Worker] Very good thank God. And you? [Promotora] Very good too, thanks God. I'd like to ask you a few questions if I could. [Worker] Yes, that's fine. 00:11.000 --> 00:30.000 [Promotora] Ok, look: The organization we work for is interested in hearing the stories of the workers in the field. Work is now under way on a bill to strengthen the rights of agricultural workers. [Promotora] These stories that you tell us will go to legislators for a bill. 00:33.000 --> 00:39.000 [Promotora] Yes? [Worker] Oh yeah that's fine. [Promotora] Ok… [Worker] Good to hear. [Promotora] Now I'm going to ask you the questions. [Worker] OK, yes, it's fine. 00:39.500 --> 01:00.000 [Promotora] Well, can you tell me a little about what it's like to farm here in Colorado? [Worker] Well for me it has been very hard. He ... because of the fact that I struggled in the first place, because, I don't have someone to take care of the child. Someone who can take him to school, pick him up. [Promotora] And you have to work. [Worker] And i have to work. [Promotora 2] (Whispers) Louder 01:01.200 --> 01:23.000 [Worker] I have to look for a ride and there are times that I do not have for gasoline. I have to be looking for a ride, someone who can do me a favor. It's very very difficult. [Worker] Very hard because also, well, I don't know if it's okay for me to say all this, but sometimes … [Promotora] No, because that is your experience. The one that you are telling me, so everything you can tell me about that is very good. 01:23.700 --> 01:37.000 [Worker] Ok. I do not know, yes, it is very, very difficult even more if you have children and or live far from… [Promotora] Where do you work. [Worker] From the workplace. [Promotora] Ok, what's so difficult about working with Colorado farmers and Colorado farms? 01:39.500 --> 02:05.000 [Worker] Well, the most difficult thing is the people. That sometimes you meet people who are just like you, but for one more position, for one more position they are given, sometimes they are very unfair to oneself. [Worker] It's difficult because you come from far away, tired, thinking about so many things, leaving your children, sometimes you even leave them alone at home because you don't have someone to take care of them or right now with this pandemic you can't ... right now with this pandemic. 02:06.200 --> 02:25.000 [Promotora] You can't be taking them… [Worker] School… they can't, they can't go to school, so you have to risk leaving them alone. It is difficult for you to get to work and sometimes there are people who do not ... who sometimes even catch your attention because they are late; even if they know the difficulties that you come through for being there. [Promotora] For being there. What do you think causes these difficulties that you just told me? 02:26.500 --> 03:00.000 [Worker] Well many things; sometimes, as I tell you, the people who help the bosses, those who rule, they give them one more rank and take advantage of that. [Worker] Many times also, like, they don't give ... they don't have water. and those are very hard difficulties there, maybe, there are also people who, for example, we had an experience with someone who was nothing there and out of nowhere he began to speak bad words to us. 03:01.000 --> 03:19.000 [Worker] I mean, that was also not good. There were some difficulties for those reasons. That they refer to people in a bad way, in a bad way. And those are many things that one as a worker has to go through. [Promotora] That one experiences. [Worker] Yes and sometimes the bosses, the one who really is the boss, the one who pays you, he does not realize all that. 03:19.500 --> 03:46.000 [Promotora] Of everything the worker is going through. [Worker] It is difficult because they are not there at times, so that you can make a complaint with the one who really corresponds. [Promotora] Why did you want to work here in Colorado? [Worker] Well because here I live. Here I arrived, I had to work in the fields, because right now I had nothing else to work on. And here I like it, here I live, here is my family. So here, here I am. 03:47.000 --> 04:02.000 [Promotora] What was it that brought you here? [Worker] Well supposedly as one says, a better life. To be able to move on … [Promotora] In search for something better [Worker] In search of something better for a better future, for our children more than anything. 04:02.700 --> 04:25.000 [Promotora] If you had 60 seconds to speak to state legislators, what would you tell them? [Worker] Well, that they take one more into account as an agricultural worker. Because we are not taken into account in any of the … to say, now in this of the pandemic, we are the ones who are never first, we are the forgotten. You could say … [Promotora] Saying that you are all non-primordial? 04:25.500 --> 04:44.000 [Worker] Exactly. [Promotora] Essentials, essential workers. [Worker] Exactly that's it. Farmers' labor is very poorly paid. Very, very badly paid. And sometimes too, they take advantage of that. If your employer gives you a salary and the one who hired you takes away your money, that is, there should be more control, in everything. 04:45.000 --> 05:10.000 [Worker] That they give us a fair payment, that they should treat us as people, other than … there should be no racism. Because there are many people who treat them … I can say it, there are people of other races who are treated even worse than you and it is very sad that all those legislators here in Colorado do not pay attention to those things, small or not … well, for us they are great details, the fact that they do not take us into account. 05:10.500 --> 05:47.000 [Promotora] Is there anything else you would like to add about your experience or something I have learned? [Worker] No, well, until now that's all miss. Well, it's good that there is someone like you who supports us, who listens to us, that can carry out our thoughts, all our complaints towards those people, those legislators who hopefully and, with all these, sorry, these things that we are going through and that it can reach them from you, they can take us more into account and have a little more of… 05:47.750 --> 06:11.000 [Promotora] Consideration? [Worker] Yes of consideration, of treatment and better salary for people. [Promotora] Well, this is our job, and it is what we are doing and of course we would like to be able to help you more. That is why we are in this, right, and if you need something or know something else that you would like to share with us, you know you can look for us whenever you want. 06:11.500 --> 06:32.000 [Worker] Ah well thank you very much for everything. We also thank you very much for the pantry. We are very, very happy because that help is very, very valuable to us. [Promotora] That's good. [Worker] I hope and, you continue, because, even if it is cold, snowing, we have had the pantry brought to us and we highly value the work that you are doing, miss. 06:32.500 --> 06:54.000 [Promotoras] Ah. Thank you very much, thank you very much. [Promotora] And the last question, would you like to remain anonymous, or do you want to give us your name? [Worker] No, look, I would like to remain … remain anonymous. [Promotora] Ok, thank you very much for your time and for everything you shared with us. [Worker] Well thank you very much miss. [Promotora 2] Have a nice afternoon. [Worker] Anyway, thank you. So, kind. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "I like it here, I live here, my family is here" Description An account of the resource An agricultural worker discusses some difficulties they have faced when working and having children. They also bring up the bad working conditions and racism. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adriana Carrazco Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Quisi Rodriguez-Oregel Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Morgan County Type The nature or genre of the resource Interview La entrevista https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/1597eb1efb9fa5a367a20ac5c1a1ee8b.pdf ec3038e819433c3179d435a64e5c6e74 Story or anecdote Stories and anecdotes in this archive are stories told about the experiences of agricultural workers. These stories can be told from the perspective of agricultural workers, promotores, advocates, and family members . Examples of personal stories include: journal entries, letters, written testimonies, photos of/from workers’ perspectives, and poems written about one's own experiences. [Main Participant] is who the story is about. [Creator] is the the person who recorded the story. Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. slaughterhouse worker, sheep Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) Ault, Greely, Northeast, Weld County Original Language Español Spanish Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Lea en español La señora Maria A. vive en Greeley, Co., pero trabaja en una de las granjas de borregos del área de Eaton y Ault. Es una mujer de mediana edad (40). Tiene trabajando en estas granjas por más de 4 años. Antes trabajó limpiando casas, pero le daban cualquier cosa por el pago y no siempre era seguro, no la llamaban. Se movió de casa y ahí conoció a una vecina que la invitó a trabajar en las borregueras. Ella tiene carro y me lleva y me trae a mi casa. Es mejor que donde estaba por el dinero y el transporte. Pagamos el gas entre todos. Las dificultades para venir desde México, cruzar caminando, muchos abusos y el engaño de todo tipo. A los que aguantan muchas veces los dejan tirados cerca de algún pueblo o granja. Ellos muchas veces por su propia cuenta tratan de llegar al lugar donde quieren ir. Los despojan de dinero y documentos y ya no pueden comunicarse con nadie. Aunque ya han pagado al coyote para que los deje donde acordaron, muchas veces no es así. Luego abusan de las mujeres y las obligan a prostituirse, las golpean o no les dan de comer y pasan frío o calor extremos. [PROMOTORA] Unas cosas sobre ellos me di cuenta: El sufrimiento, el dolor y la impotencia que sienten de alcanzar los planes que tenían. La frustración y amargura porque vieron sus vidas truncadas. No es lo que esperaban, se aguantan por los hijos. Esta señora habla con mucha tristeza, como si no tuviera ninguna esperanza de un cambio de vida. No quiso decir cuánto le pagan por hora, nada de su trabajo. Un detalle: No es el mejor trabajo, pero aquí se siente acompañada, menos sola Un detalle: Ella fue abusada y no quiere hablar más del tema. Siente que no hay justicia para ella. [PROMOTORA] Le pregunté “Que has probado, y ella me dijo Nada, tuvo muchas dificultades desde que salió de su pueblo en 1998. No quiso denunciar por miedo y porque no conocía al pollero con el que la dejaron al cruzar. Sin papeles, amenazada y forzada a trabajar en el campo, limpiando, cocinando. Además, quedó embarazada de ese hombre, tuvo un niño y después se escapó con otras 2 mujeres. Logró llegar a Colorado donde la esperaría una comadre suya del mismo pueblo. No la encontró y trabajó en el campo, en el repollo, betabel, todo eso. Luego se vino a Greeley a trabajar en la matanza pero le pedían dinero para entrar y conseguirle papeles. No tenía dinero ni casa, ni carro y por eso limpio casas y luego en las borregas. Se junto con un hombre que le pagaba donde vivir y tuvo otro niño y una niña. Todos sus hijos van a la escuela. Lo que les gustaría que sucediera: Ella espera que sus hijos tengan mejor vida que la que han tenido hasta ahora. [PROMOTORA] Le pregunté “Qué es lo que necesita,” y ella me dijo Quisiera tener mejor trabajo. [PROMOTORA] Le pregunté “¿Quiere permanecer en anonimato o quiere que demos su nombre?” y ella me dijo, No quiero dar mi nombre, a nadie le interesa. [PROMOTORA] Señora Maria, gracias por su tiempo y por compartir su historia conmigo. Sé lo difícil que es para usted. No se preocupe, nadie usará esto para comentarlo más adelante. Le dejo mi tel para que se comunique conmigo si puedo ayudarla en algo. Nuevamente gracias. Read in English Mrs. Maria A. lives in Greeley, Co., but works on one of the Eaton and Ault area sheep farms. She is a middle-aged woman (40). He has been working on these farms for more than 4 years. Before, she worked cleaning houses, but they didn't pay her well and it wasn't always a secure job sometimes, they didn't call her for work. She moved homes and there she met a neighbor who invited her to work in the sheep farms. She has a car and she gives me a ride from my home to work and back. It's better than where she was working before, for the money and the transportation. We split the gas. The difficulties to come from Mexico, to cross on foot, there is much abuse and deception of all kinds. Those who endure are often left stranded near some town or farm. They often try to get to where they want to go on their own. They are robbed of money and documents and can no longer communicate with anyone. Although they have already paid the coyote to leave them where they agreed, many times this is not the case. They then abuse the women and force them into prostitution, beat them or do not feed them, and experience extreme heat or cold. [PROMOTORA] Some things I noticed about the worker: The suffering, pain and helplessness they feel to achieve the plans they had. The frustration and bitterness because they saw their lives cut short. It is not what they expected, they stay strong for their children. This lady speaks very sadly, as if she has no hope of a different life. She did not want to say how much they pay her per hour, did not want to talk about work. A detail: It is not the best job, but here she feels accompanied, less alone. A detail: She was abused and does not want to talk about it anymore. She feels there is no justice for her. [PROMOTORA] I asked “What have you tried?”, and she told me Nothing, she had many difficulties since she left her town in 1998. She did not want to report it out of fear and because she did not know the poultry farm that they left her with when crossing. She was without papers, threatened and forced to work in the fields, cleaning, cooking. In addition, she became pregnant with a man, had a child and later he ran away with 2 other women. She managed to get to Colorado where a friend of hers from the same town would wait for her. She did not find her friend and she began to work in the fields, in cabbage, beets, all that. Then she came to Greeley to work in the slaughterhouses but they asked her for money to start and get her papers. She had no money, no house, no car, so she cleaned houses and then began working at sheep farms. She got together with a man who paid the rent and had another boy and a girl. All her children go to school. What they would like to see happen: She hopes her children will have a better life than she has had so far. [PROMOTORA] I asked, “What do you need”, and she told me, I wish I had a better job. [PROMOTORA] I asked “Do you want to remain anonymous or do you want us to give your name?” and she told me, I don't want to give my name, nobody cares. PROMOTORA] Mrs. Maria, thank you for your time and for sharing your story with me. I know how difficult this is for you. Don't worry, no one will use this to comment on later. I leave you my phone number so that you can contact me if I can help you in something. Thank you again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "It is not what they expected, they stay strong for their children" Description An account of the resource A difficult story of pain and abuse in both work and immigration experience. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Erendira Leal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 7, 2021 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kassandra Neiss Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource written por escrito Type The nature or genre of the resource Una historia o anécdota Story or anecdote Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Weld County https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/b0c4162aca35a32f2ef5224d6846b9a0.pdf 9491280ca4134fffc59ca3cb49bfa613 Story or anecdote Stories and anecdotes in this archive are stories told about the experiences of agricultural workers. These stories can be told from the perspective of agricultural workers, promotores, advocates, and family members . Examples of personal stories include: journal entries, letters, written testimonies, photos of/from workers’ perspectives, and poems written about one's own experiences. [Main Participant] is who the story is about. [Creator] is the the person who recorded the story. Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Animal husbandry County of story Weld Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Abraham Mora Aguilar Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) Greeley area, weld county Original Language Español Spanish Archivist Notes Additional data or context provided by an author, archivist, or curator about this story that was not included in the text narrative. Esta persona trabaja en el condado weld county. Es un Empleado joven entre al rededor de 25 años, Originario de el Estado de Mexico. El próximo Abril tendrá dos años solo trabajando aquí en los USA, su familia Esposa e hija viven en Veracruz. Lea en español Bien, la hora de entrada varia, depende mucho de la estación del año, por ejemplo ahora estamos entrando o registrando la entrada a las 5:45am. Nuestro trabajo se dirige a todo lo relacionado con salud animal, esto quiere decir, revisamos los animales enfermos y sacándolos para la curación, También desempeñamos actividades relacionadas a checar corrales que no se curación los animales, que estén en su corral adecuado. La jornada laboral puede variar, hay díasque no hay muchas actividades por hacer y hay DIAS Donde hay demasiadas por hacer. Regular mente salimos entre 4-5pm Esto es un tema muy difícil de tomar. Pero sinceramente creo que Podemos ser mejor pagados. Desconozco el motive por el cual no es mejor pagado nuestros trabajo pero creo que pudiéramos ganar mejor. Sin afectar la economía de la compañía. Como ya comente en la pregunta anterior. El pago es muy importante en este y en todos los trabajos. Si nosotros quisiéramos rehacer nuestras vidas aquí con el sueldo que témenos ahora, no es suficiente, no se puede. Renta de casa, servicios, Comida, Seguro carro, Seguros médicos, etc. es mucho y no es suficiente. Pienso que con mejores salaries viviríamos mejor, y le echaríamos muchas más ganas al trabajo. Cosas no creo, siento que el clima es el que puede afectar un poco a la realización de mi trabajo al 100% por que los climas son extremos. Si hay nieve hay que revisar corrales. Si hay Lluvia igual, si hay mucho calor, viento etc. Los corrales se tienen que revisar sea cual sea el clima. Las cuestiones de mejorar el trabajo realmente es difícil. Los jefes no pueden hacer mucho, puesto que nuestra visión es 100% es trabajar afuera en los corrales, desde que llegas hasta que sales. Estaria bien que los jefes conocieran las necesidades y los sentimientos de sus empleados. Que se preocupa ran un poco mas por sus intereses personales de cada uno de sus empleados. Pueden usar mi nombre , mientras no me metan en ningun problema en mi trabajo. Read in English Good, the starting time varies, it depends a lot on the season, for example now we are entering or clocking in at 5:45 am. Our job is related to everything regarding animal health, this mean, we look over ill animals and take them to be taken care of. We also conduct activities related to checking corrals to make sure that animals are where they need to be. Daily work can vary, there are days that there is not much to do and there are days where there is too much to do. We usually are out between 4-5pm. This is a topic hard to talk about. To be sincere, I think we can be better paid. I do not know why we are not better paid, but I believe we can be paid more. Without impacting the company. Like I commented regarding the question above, pay is important in this job and in others. If we would like to sustain our lives with this salary that we currently have, it is not enough, and you cant. Rent, services, food, car insurance, medical insurance, etc. it comes to a lot and we do not have enough. I think with better salaries we would live better, and we would work harder. I think that the weather is what can impact me doing my job at a 100%, because the weather can be extreme. If there is snow, we have to check the corals, if there is rain, if it is really hot, wind, etc. The corals have to be checked, no matter the weather. The question of how to better working conditions is hard, I do not think that the boss can do much, since our job is to be outside working in the corals, 100% of the time, from when we get there until we get out. It would be good for the bosses to know the needs and the feelings of their employees. For them to worry a bit more about the personal needs of each of their employees. You can use my name, as long as I do not get into any trouble with my job. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "It would be good for the bosses to know the needs and the feelings of their employees" Description An account of the resource A young agricultural worker in animal husbandry discusses wage, weather, and management conditions at their job. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elvira Munguia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kassandra Neiss Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource por escrito written Type The nature or genre of the resource Story or anecdote Una historia o anécdota Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Weld County https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/c3e9e15994d897cec15e8644cacefb8d.ogg d184aced0619ada25a8004063c00bd95 https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/6b804729362a3522262c639cd5de421f.pdf ec7034d14aa9647421b0aeb51824d77a Interview A verbatim transcript of a conversation between two or more people. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Agricultural Worker Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) North Region 3 Original Language Spanish Español Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. Inglés English Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Adriana Carrazco Lea en español 00:00.000 --> 00:08.000 [Promotora] Hola, buenas tardes ¿cómo está? [Trabajadora] Bien, gracias a Dios. [Promotora] Que bueno. Me gustaría hacerle unas preguntas. [Trabajadora] Dígame. [Promotora] Si está bien? Ok, mire. 00:07.700 --> 00:28.000 [Promotora] La organización para la que nosotros trabajamos, está interesada en escuchar historias de los trabajadores de campo. [Promotora] Se está trabajando en un proyecto de ley para reforzar los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas. Estas historias van a ir a dar a manos de los legisladores, para hacer un proyecto de ley. Ok, a continuación, le voy a leer las preguntas. 00:29.000 --> 00:40.000 [Promotora] Puedes contarme un poco sobre cómo es trabajar en la agricultura en Colorado. [Trabajadora] Que yo creo es el trabajo más pesado que existe y el que es más mal pagado. 00:43.000 --> 01:15.000 [Promotora] ¿Qué tiene para usted de difícil, trabajar con agricultores de Colorado y en granjas de Colorado? [Trabajadora] ¿Qué tiene difícil? Pues el trabajo que es, como le digo es muy pesado y mal pagado. Como en tiempo del invierno, que andan en el frío y todo o en tiempo de calor. Y muchas veces los patrones no les tienen lo más básico, como, una letrina con agua fría, como, cosas que son básicas nada más. 01:17.000 --> 01:31.000 [Promotora] ¿Qué cree usted que causa estas dificultades que me acaba de decir? [Trabajadora] Obvio que la falta de documentos, de una residencia. Es lo que… porque una persona con documentos no va a andar haciendo el trabajo que esas personas hacen. 01:34.000 --> 02:00.000 [Promotora] ¿Por qué quiso usted trabajar aquí en Colorado? [Trabajadora] No es que la gente quiera, muchas veces es que necesita la gente el trabajo y hay que trabajar en donde haya. [Promotora] Y ¿que la trajo a usted aquí? [Trabajadora] La falta de trabajo, de oportunidades en su país y es que la gente emigra por otra vida, por necesidad, por tenerle a sus hijos una vida mejor. 02:02.500 --> 02:25.200 [Promotora] Si usted tuviera 60 segundos para hablar con los legisladores estatales, ¿qué les diría? [Trabajadora] Que le den las mismas oportunidades que cualquier otro ciudadano americano o residente americano. Porque al emigrante, todos los que tienen el nombre IT Number están declarando sus impuestos. Y a ellos le quitan medicare, seguro y todo eso. 02:25.700 --> 02:41.000 [Trabajadora] Y esos, los beneficios no los tiene el inmigrante. [Promotora] Usted, ¿le gustaría compartir una otra cosa más con nosotros? ¿Una experiencia que haya tenido usted acerca del campo? ¿algo que le haya faltado aquí, que yo le he preguntado? 02:42.000 --> 03:07.000 [Trabajadora] Pues nada. Yo sé de unas personas que trabajan en el campo y una vez, tuvo una persona un accidente se quebró - no se quebró, se cortó… se mocho su dedo. El dedo fue el pedacito, fue a quedar allá abajo y siguió trabajando y no le llamaron ni a la ambulancia, ni lo mandaron al hospital, ni recibió primeros auxilios. [Trabajadora] Y así se anduvo, desangrando. [Promotora] ¿Siguió trabajando? 03:08.000 --> 03:23.500 [Trabajadora] Mhm. Y yo pienso que si él hubiera sabido - tenido derechos aquí - él sabía de sus derechos, pero con el miedo de que lo corran. [Pormotora] Aha, de que lo vayan - de que le quiten su trabajo [Trabajadora] Sí, de que le quiten su trabajo. Y es obvio que su trabajo es indispensable. 03:23.750 --> 03:51.000 [Promotora] Porque de eso vive. [Trabajadora] Mhm [Promotora] Ok, ¿le gustaría a usted decir su nombre o quiere permanecer en el anonimato? [Trabajadora] Permanecer en anonimato, porque muchas veces la gente que habla, pues muchas veces tienen represalias o alguna cosa. Como los trabajadores no pueden hablar, no pueden decir nada por miedo a que les quiten su trabajo y es pues, con lo que la gente está sobreviviendo. 03:52.000 --> 04:03.000 [Promotora] Muchísimas gracias por su tiempo y por haber compartido estas cosas con nosotros. [Promotora 2] Muchas gracias. Y buenas tardes [Trabajadora] Igualmente a ustedes. Gracias por la despensa. [Todos] Gracias Read in English 00:00.000 --> 00:08.000 [Promotora] Hello good afternoon, how are you? [Worker] Good thank God. [Promotora] That's good. I would like to ask you some questions. [Worker] Go ahead. [Promotora] Yes, that's fine? Ok look. 00:07.700 --> 00:28.000 [Promotora] The organization we work for is interested in hearing stories from the field workers. [Promotora] Work is underway on a bill to strengthen the rights of agricultural workers. These stories will go to the legislators to make a bill. Ok, then I'm going to read the questions to you. 00:29.000 --> 00:40.000 [Promotora] Can you tell me a little about what it's like to work in agriculture in Colorado? [Worker] Well, I think it is the heaviest job that exists and the one that is the most poorly paid. 00:43.000 --> 01:15.000 [Promotora] What's so difficult for you, working with Colorado farmers and on Colorado farms? [Worker] What is difficult? Well, the work, which is, as I say, is very heavy and poorly paid. As in winter time, they walk in the cold and everything or in hot weather. And many times, the bosses do not have the most basic things for us, like, a latrine with cold water, like, things that are basic and so on. 01:17.000 --> 01:31.000 [Promotora] What do you think causes these difficulties that you just mentioned to me? [Worker] Obviously, because the lack of documents, of a residence. It is what … because a person with documents is not going to be doing the work that those people do. 01:34.000 --> 02:00.000 [Promotora] Why did you want to work here in Colorado? [Worker] It is not that people want, many times, it is because people need work and you have to work, anywhere. [Promotora] And what brought you here? [Worker] The lack of work, of opportunities in our country and that is why people emigrate for a better life, out of necessity, to have a better life for their children. 02:02.500 --> 02:25.200 [Promotora] If you had 60 seconds to speak to state legislators, what would you tell them? [Worker] To be given the same opportunities as any other American citizen or American resident. Because to the emigrant, all those who have the name ... ID Number, are declaring their taxes. And they take away medicare, insurance and all that. 02:25.700 --> 02:41.000 [Worker] And those, those benefits the immigrant does not have. [Promotora] Would you like to share one more thing with us? An experience you have had about the field? Something that you have been missing here, that I have asked you? 02:42.000 --> 03:07.000 [Worker] Well nothing. I know of some people who work in the fields and once, a person had an accident and broke - it did not break, it was a cut … he sliced off his finger. The finger, it was a little bit, it fell and ended up down there and continued working and they did not call the ambulance, nor did they send him to the hospital, nor did he receive first aid. [Worker] And like that, he continued working, bleeding. [Promotora] He kept working? 03:08.000 --> 03:23.500 [Worker] Mhm. And I think that if he had known - He had rights here - he knew of his rights, but he was afraid of being fired. [Pormotora] Aha, that they were - that they take his job away. [Worker] Yes, that they might of take his job away from him. And it is obvious that his work is indispensable. 03:23.750 --> 03:51.000 [Promotora] Because that's what he lives on. [Worker] Mhm [Promotora] Ok, would you like to say your name, or do you want to remain anonymous? [Worker] Remain anonymous, because many times the people who speak, well, many times they have retaliation or something. As the workers cannot speak, they cannot say anything, for fear that their job will be taken away from them and that is, well, that is what people are surviving with. 03:52.000 --> 04:03.000 [Promotora] Thank you very much for your time and for sharing these things with us. [Promotora 2] Thanks a lot. And good afternoon [Worker] The same to you. Thanks for the pantry. [Todos] Thank you! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Out of necessity, to have a better life for their children" Description An account of the resource An agricultural worker discusses low pay, bad working conditions and legal status. The worker explains that her emigration from her country was to seek a better life. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adriana Carrazco Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Quisi Rodriguez-Oregel Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio audio Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Morgan County Type The nature or genre of the resource Interview La entrevista https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/ac47c8aabfe306520e089dbdc9c6aae8.ogg c581987eecc9b33b7bcaf9bb166ce41b https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/5a241e06ea0f782ffd1fb9d42a3df8b6.pdf fe406566dc965adf272b9bd95fd00a8f Interview A verbatim transcript of a conversation between two or more people. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Agricultural Farmworker Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) North region 3 Original Language Spanish Español Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Trabajadora agrícola de Colorado (Anónima) Text Any textual data included in the document 1 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 [Promotora] Buenas tardes [Trabajador] Buenas tardes [Promotora] ¿Le puedo hacer unas preguntas? [Trabajadora] Sí 2 00:06.000 --> 00:16.000 [Promotora] Sobre los trabajadores agrícolas, ¿si está bien? [Trabajadora] Ah ok. Sí, está bien. [Promotora] ¿Puede contarme un poquito sobre cómo es trabajar en Colorado como un trabajador agrícola? 3 00:06.000 --> 00:40.000 [Trabajadora] Pues, para mí, en mi experiencia es que es pesado y pues mal pagado. [Promotora] Ok y por favor describa su experiencia como trabajador en granjas de Colorado. [Trabajadora] Pues sería que, deja uno a los hijos por vario tiempo. Porque son jornadas largas. 4 00:47.000 --> 01:02.500 [Promotora] Ok. ¿Qué tiene de difícil trabajar con agricultores de Colorado y en granjas de Colorado? [Trabajadora] Pues a veces se sienten superiores a uno y no lo tratan como un trabajador, como en cualquier compañía. 5 01:05.000 --> 01:20.000 [Promotora] ¿Qué cree que causa estas dificultades? Usted, ¿qué piensa que causa estas dificultades? [Trabajadora] Pues como es la agricultura, no lo toman en cuenta uno y no tenemos beneficios de nada. 6 01:21.000 --> 01:38.000 [Promotora] ¿Porque trabaja aquí en Colorado usted? [Trabajadora] Porque tengo mucho viviendo aquí y pues me gusta. [Promotora] Y ¿que la trae a usted por aquí? 7 01:46.000 --> 02:28.000 [Trabajadora] Para trabajar y superarnos y vivir un poco mejor. [Promotora] Si pudiera tener unos 60 segundos para hablar directamente con los de legisladores estatales, ¿qué les diría usted? [Trabajadora] Pues que nos ayuden más para… Que nos ayuden más y valoren nuestro trabajo como agrícolas para que sepan que el esfuerzo que hace uno. También, dejamos nuestros hijos solos y también es muy mal pagado. A veces hay gente muy racista o mala y pues no nos tratan bien. 8 02:29.000 --> 02:28.000 [Promotora] Muy bien, ¿usted le gustaría permanecer en anonimato o le gustaría dar su nombre? [Trabajadora] Pues sí, sí. No quiero que sepa [Promotora] Ok, pues es todo. Muchísimas gracias por contestar estas preguntas y pues esto va a estar en anonimato, no va a salir su nombre. Muchas gracias [Trabajadora] Ok, gracias [Promotora] Que tenga buen día [Trabajadora] Ándele Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Adriana Carrazco Lea en español 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 [Promotora] Buenas tardes [Trabajador] Buenas tardes [Promotora] ¿Le puedo hacer unas preguntas? [Trabajadora] Sí 00:06.000 --> 00:16.000 [Promotora] Sobre los trabajadores agrícolas, ¿si está bien? [Trabajadora] Ah ok. Sí, está bien. [Promotora] ¿Puede contarme un poquito sobre cómo es trabajar en Colorado como un trabajador agrícola? 00:06.000 --> 00:40.000 [Trabajadora] Pues, para mí, en mi experiencia es que es pesado y pues mal pagado. [Promotora] Ok y por favor describa su experiencia como trabajador en granjas de Colorado. [Trabajadora] Pues sería que, deja uno a los hijos por vario tiempo. Porque son jornadas largas. 00:47.000 --> 01:02.500 [Promotora] Ok. ¿Qué tiene de difícil trabajar con agricultores de Colorado y en granjas de Colorado? [Trabajadora] Pues a veces se sienten superiores a uno y no lo tratan como un trabajador, como en cualquier compañía. 01:05.000 --> 01:20.000 [Promotora] ¿Qué cree que causa estas dificultades? Usted, ¿qué piensa que causa estas dificultades? [Trabajadora] Pues como es la agricultura, no lo toman en cuenta uno y no tenemos beneficios de nada. 01:21.000 --> 01:38.000 [Promotora] ¿Porque trabaja aquí en Colorado usted? [Trabajadora] Porque tengo mucho viviendo aquí y pues me gusta. [Promotora] Y ¿que la trae a usted por aquí? 01:46.000 --> 02:28.000 [Trabajadora] Para trabajar y superarnos y vivir un poco mejor. [Promotora] Si pudiera tener unos 60 segundos para hablar directamente con los de legisladores estatales, ¿qué les diría usted? [Trabajadora] Pues que nos ayuden más para… Que nos ayuden más y valoren nuestro trabajo como agrícolas para que sepan que el esfuerzo que hace uno. También, dejamos nuestros hijos solos y también es muy mal pagado. A veces hay gente muy racista o mala y pues no nos tratan bien. 02:29.000 --> 02:28.000 [Promotora] Muy bien, ¿usted le gustaría permanecer en anonimato o le gustaría dar su nombre? [Trabajadora] Pues sí, sí. No quiero que sepa [Promotora] Ok, pues es todo. Muchísimas gracias por contestar estas preguntas y pues esto va a estar en anonimato, no va a salir su nombre. Muchas gracias [Trabajadora] Ok, gracias [Promotora] Que tenga buen día [Trabajadora] Ándele Read in English 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 [Promotora] Good afternoon [Worker] Good afternoon [Promotora] May I ask you some questions? [Worker] Yes 00:06.000 --> 00:16.000 [Promotora] About agricultural workers, okay? [Worker] Oh, okay. Yes, that's fine. [Promotora] Can you tell me a little bit about what it's like to work in Colorado as an Agricultural Worker? 00:06.000 --> 00:40.000 [Worker] Well, for me, in my experience it is that it is heavy and well paid badly. [Promotora] Ok and please describe your experience as a Colorado Farm Worker. [Worker] Well, it would be that one leaves their children for several hours. Because they are long work days. 00:47.000 --> 01:02.500 [Promotora] Okay. What's so difficult about working with Colorado farmers and on Colorado farms? [Worker] Well, sometimes they feel superior to you and do not treat you as a Worker, as in any company. 01:05.000 --> 01:20.000 [Promotora] What do you think causes these difficulties? What do you think causes these difficulties? [Worker] Well, because of how agriculture is, they do not take it into account, and we do not have benefits from anything. 01:21.000 --> 01:38.000 [Promotora] Why do you work here in Colorado? [Worker] Because I have a lot living here and well, I like it. [Promotora] And what brings you here? 01:46.000 --> 02:28.000 [Worker] To work and improve ourselves and live a little better. [Promotora] If you could have about 60 seconds to speak directly to state legislators, what would you say to them? [Worker] Well, help us more to … That they help us more and value our work as farmers so that they know the effort that one makes. Also, we leave our children alone and it is also very poorly paid. Sometimes there are very racist or bad people, and they don't treat us well. 02:29.000 --> 02:28.000 [Promotora] All right, would you like to remain anonymous, or would you like to give your name? [Worker] Well yes, yes. I don't want you to know. [Promotora] Ok, well that's all. Thank you very much for answering these questions and since this will be anonymous, your name will not appear. Thanks, a lot! [Worker] Ok, thanks [Promotora] Have a nice day! [Worker] Yes. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Para trabajar y superarnos y vivir un poco mejor" Description An account of the resource This audio is about an agricultural worker discussing pay for farmworkers and how they do not have many benefits nor is their work valued. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adriana Carrazco Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Quisi Rodriguez-Oregel Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Type The nature or genre of the resource La entrevista Interview Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Morgan County https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/509b8b48dc0768a47079c7190dde470b.ogg bfbcfdb033f826d975bdc5c028f47fa5 https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/d365434bba30646490a2b7597912fae8.pdf 5a4cb08e186bda34fc3f1eb026e8ef49 Story or anecdote Stories and anecdotes in this archive are stories told about the experiences of agricultural workers. These stories can be told from the perspective of agricultural workers, promotores, advocates, and family members . Examples of personal stories include: journal entries, letters, written testimonies, photos of/from workers’ perspectives, and poems written about one's own experiences. [Main Participant] is who the story is about. [Creator] is the the person who recorded the story. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Flower shop employee Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) Northern region 1 Original Language Español Spanish Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Lea en español 00:00.000 --> 00:16.000 [Promotora] Buenas tardes, mi nombre es Claudia Chávez y soy promotora del área norte número 1. [Promotora] Esta historia que colecte es de una señora que trabaja en una florería. 00:16.000 --> 00:39.000 [Promotora] Tiene trabajando ahí 8 años, su trabajo es plantar las semillas en las charolas. Ya cuando crecen las cambian a las macetas más grandes, las podan y por último las seleccionan para enviarlas a las tiendas. 00:40.000 --> 01:06.000 [Promotora] Tiene en este tiempo, pocas horas de trabajo, en este tiempo también comienza ya a llegar los trabajadores que vienen con permiso de México y otros países. [Promotora] Pero dice que si hay diferencia en cómo los tratan ellos, porque ellos ya les tienen aquí donde vivir, verdad. 01:06.500 --> 01:23.000 [Promotora] Sin pagar y también les dan otro sueldo diferente que a los que ya están permanentes, como ella. [Promotora] Ella necesita pagar su renta, sus… las necesidades de sus hijos de sus 5 hijos. 01:24.000 --> 01:46.000 [Promotora] Su esposo está deportado en México, entonces es una mamá que está aquí sola con sus hijos. [Promotora] Y pues el salario que le tienes es a 12 dólares la hora. Y ella pide que fuera más parejo y justo. 01:48.000 --> 02:13.000 [Promotora] Entonces, por lo menos el horario mínimo, verdad. Que es más de 12 dólares. [Promotora] Esa es una de sus necesidades. También dice que necesitan cubre bocas. Ah, porque se les llena su boca de polvo y de tierra y solamente les dan uno. A veces para un par de días. 02:14.000 --> 02:36.000 [Promotora] Y pues ella es lo que pide, verdad. Que sean iguales con todos los trabajadores y pues ganar lo que es más justo. [Promotora] También, esta señora decidió permanecer anónima. Muchas gracias. Read in English 00:00.000 --> 00:16.000 [Promotora] Good afternoon, my name is Claudia Chávez, and I am a Promotora of the Northern Area number 1. [Promotora] This story I collect is from a lady who works in a flower shop. 00:16.000 --> 00:39.000 [Promotora] She has been working there for 8 years, her job is to plant the seeds in the trays. When they grow up, they change them to the largest pots, prune them and finally select them to send them to the stores. 00:40.000 --> 01:06.000 [Promotora] At this time, she has only a few hours of work, at this time the workers who come with permission from Mexico and other countries are also beginning to arrive. [Promotora] But she says that there is a difference in how they treat them, because they already have them here to live, right. 01:06.500 --> 01:23.000 [Promotora] Without paying and they are also given a different salary than those who are already permanent, like her. [Promotora] She needs to pay her rent, her … her children’s needs, of her 5 children. 01:24.000 --> 01:46.000 [Promotora] Her husband is deported in Mexico, so she is a mother who is here alone with her children. [Promotora] And well, the salary you have is $12 an hour. And she asks for it to be more even and fair. 01:48.000 --> 02:13.000 [Promotora] So, at least the minimum schedule, right. Which is more than 12 dollars. [Promotora] That is one of her needs. She also says they need facemasks. Ah, because their mouths are filled with dust and dirt and they only give them one. Sometimes for a couple of days. 02:14.000 --> 02:36.000 [Promotora] And well, that's what she asks for, right. That they are the same with all workers and then win what is fairest. [Promotora] Also, this lady decided to remain anonymous. Thank you. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "She asks for it to be more even and fair" Description An account of the resource A worker in a flower shop earns less than her co-workers on visas. She has five children asks for fairer pay standards. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Claudia Chávez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-24 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Penske McCormack Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Adams County Type The nature or genre of the resource Story or anecdote Una historia o anécdota https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/161c9766cf4c76f133c9086ed629722a.pdf 2e1d802ac79f0a806ef000e1bf6f59e2 https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/6bdd4098bdbcdc60695d721df8eba2df.pdf 2eb4aa9034538d99b39b064bf2aeef75 Story or anecdote Stories and anecdotes in this archive are stories told about the experiences of agricultural workers. These stories can be told from the perspective of agricultural workers, promotores, advocates, and family members . Examples of personal stories include: journal entries, letters, written testimonies, photos of/from workers’ perspectives, and poems written about one's own experiences. [Main Participant] is who the story is about. [Creator] is the the person who recorded the story. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Trabajadora agrícola, cebollas y zanahorias Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) Weld County, North Region 2 Original Language Spanish Español Archivist Notes Additional data or context provided by an author, archivist, or curator about this story that was not included in the text narrative. Additional information was provided by Promotoras Soraya Leon and Ana Schultz: Even though she has not yet recovered from her fall and she can barely walk, she continues to work so that she can earn money to pay her rent. A community organizer went to visit her after she did not answer their phone calls for various days. She was throwing up with fever and was taken to the hospital. She has stayed overnight at the hospital for low potassium. The social worker does not help them with the application for medications and told the agricultural worker that they could not give her a discount and she had to pay the hospital and oxygen bill. She was released from the hospital the next day and was taken to her home by Dorothy. The agricultural worker does not know her rights and does not want to take any legal action despite the fact that the employer did not give her any compensation for her accident. Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Maria S. Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Lea en español La sra Maria tiene 65 años, aun trabaja activamente en la cosecha de cebolla y zanahoria. La sra María trabaja una temporada en un lugar y otra temporada en otro estado, migra constantemente persiguiendo su trabajo. Ella cuenta que estaba este verano cultivando cebolla cuando al jalar el vegetal se resbaló hacia atrás y cayó de espaldas, golpeándose duramente la cadera. Lo cual le imposibilito poder volver a caminar e incluso enderezarse o ponerse de pie. Desafortunadamente la sra Maria no recibió ayuda por parte de su capataz, ni mucho menos del dueño de la empresa. Esto le causó tristeza pero al mismo tiempo incertidumbre, pues no quería perder su trabajo. La sra Maria no sabe leer ni escribir, y aunque es residente legal y cuenta con permiso oficial de trabajo, no quiso molestar al patrón quejándose o pidiendo ayuda para ir al doctor, por miedo a perder su trabajo, ya que su edad y condición analfabeta la hace más difícil encontrar nuevo trabajo. La sra pasó un mes sin poder caminar,sentarse o dormir sin dolor, con facilidad uno podía ver la inflamación y un bulto endurecido que se asomaba al final de su columna vertebral, haciendo más dolorosa la situación de la inocente ciudadana. La sra Socorro pagó por sus rayos X y visitas al doctor sin mejora alguna, ella comenta los doctores no le dieron prescripción alguna de analgesico o desinflamatorio que le ayudase con el intenso dolor. Después de un mes y medio decidió forzarse a sí misma para regresar a trabajar a los cultivos y así poder tener ingresos, ya que sin haber trabajado un mes por aquel accidente, y sin apoyo alguno, la sra Socorro temía que la desalojaran y se quedara sin comer. Fue hasta que contactó a las promotoras que consiguió mejorar sus situación, tanto física como económica, ya que auxiliada por las promotoras consiguió ayuda para ambas necesidades. La sra Socorro regresaba a los cultivos trabajando poco a poco esforzándose por cumplir su jornada cuando cayó desmayada. Perdiendo el equilibrio nuevamente cayó en los cultivos ardiendo en fiebre. Nadie supo qué hacer, y sin querer meterse en problemas solo fue auxiliada para recostarse a un lado de estos cultivos sin sombra alguna. Horas después se encontraba empeorando. Por la tarde una promotora le llevó al doctor, al descubrir la sra Socorro seguía ardiendo en fiebre y con vomito. Esa noche fue hospitalizada, con signos obvios de deshidratación y con un vómito severo, la sra Maria sintió que su suerte se tornaba oscura. Como ella dice ahora si no le estaba yendo nada bien. Con pesimismo veía ahora su futuro. La sra Soco se considera una persona sana, fuerte, grande de edad pero aún capaz de trabajar en los cultivos, con un tono muscular visiblemente fuerte fuera de la media para su edad. Ella tiene fuerza de voluntad y esperanza de poder seguir trabajando hasta lograr retirarse y así después poder descansar dedicándose a trabajar en su casa o cuidando sus nietos. Maria tiene fe en que su condición mejorará, lentamente se esfuerza por sanar, mejorando su cuidado dentro de lo que sus limitaciones económicas le permiten. La sra Maria tiene gratitud por haber encontrado personas en su camino que le han ayudado a mejorar su situación porque ellas dejan de hacer sus cosas y le dedican tiempo, invierten tiempo en conseguir ayuda para ella. Read in English Maria is 65 years old and is still actively harvesting onions and carrots. Maria works one season in one place and another season in another state, migrating constantly pursuing her jobs. She says that she was cultivating onions this summer when she pulled the vegetable and slipped backwards and fell on her back, hitting her hip hard. That made it impossible for her to walk and even straighten up or stand up. Unfortunately Maria did not receive any help from her foreman much less from the owner of the enterprise. This caused her to be sad but at the same time uncertain since she did not want to lose her job. Maria does not know how to read nor write, and although she is a legal resident and has official permission to work, she did not want to bother her boss or ask for help to go to the doctor for fear of losing her job since her age and illiteracy makes it harder for her to find a new job. Maria spent a month without being able to walk, sit, or sleep without pain, easily one could see inflammation and a hardened lump peeking out at the end of her spine, making the situation for the innocent citizen more painful. Mrs. Socorro paid for her X-rays and visits to the doctor and she commented that her doctors did not give her any prescriptions of analgesic or anti-inflammatory that would help her with the intense pain. After a month and a half she decided to force herself to return to harvest and thus be able to have some income, since she had not worked for a month since the accident and without any support, Maria feared that she would be evicted and she would not be able to afford food. It was not until she contacted the Promotoras that she was able to get physical and economic aid that would help her. Mrs. Socorro returned to harvesting and forced herself little by little to finish her day when she fainted. Once again she lost her balance and fell on the harvest with a running fever. No one knew what to do and without wanting to get into trouble she was only assisted to recline on the side of the crops without shade. Hours later, she found her condition worsening. By the afternoon, a Promotora took her to a doctor, only to discover that Mrs. Socorro still had a burning fever and was vomiting. That night, she was hospitalized, with obvious signs of dehydration and with severe vomiting Mrs. Socorro considered herself as a healthy and strong person and despite her age as someone that was still capable of working in the harvest and has visibly strong muscle tone out of the average for her age. She has the willpower and hope that she will continue working until she can retire and can dedicate time to rest and take care of her home or watch her grandchildren. Maria has faith that her condition will improve, slowly striving to heal, improving her care within what her economic limitations allow. Maria is grateful that she found people in her path that have helped her improve her situation because they stop doing their own things to help her, they invest time to get her the help she needs. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "She has the willpower and hope that she will continue working" Description An account of the resource This story describes a worker who had an accident at a farm and the type of help she received from Promotoras. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Soraya Leon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-10-13 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Quisi Rodriguez-Oregel Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource written por escrito Type The nature or genre of the resource Una historia o anécdota Story or anecdote Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Weld County https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/0670f454065d55115651483de2392d3b.ogg 19de132bf57faead47bf56f8979cc8ad https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/b17a69726ecf02f2556678aed80172db.pdf 4e7395ab7633e1afad4190c6e580924e Story or anecdote Stories and anecdotes in this archive are stories told about the experiences of agricultural workers. These stories can be told from the perspective of agricultural workers, promotores, advocates, and family members . Examples of personal stories include: journal entries, letters, written testimonies, photos of/from workers’ perspectives, and poems written about one's own experiences. [Main Participant] is who the story is about. [Creator] is the the person who recorded the story. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Planting, harvesting, and sorting vegetables Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) Adams County, North region 1 Original Language Español Spanish Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Main Participant The name of the story's protagonist; the name of the person which the story is about. This person can be "anonymous". Colorado agricultural worker (Anonymous) Lea en español 00:00.000 --> 00:11.000 [Promotora] Hola, mi nombre es Tere Gómez. Promotora en el área norte 1 en Brighton. [Promotora] Les contaré la historia de una persona de más de 60 años de edad. 00:12.000 --> 00:29.000 [Promotora] Ella ha trabajado en los campos agrícolas desde el año 92, ella empezó en la cultura en California. [Promotora] Al cerrársele las puertas por falta de documentos y por un accidente en el trabajo, ella decide venirse a Colorado. 00:30.000 --> 00:50.000 [Promotora] Ya tiene 10 años trabajando en diferentes ranchos, aquí en el estado. Ella trabaja desde plantar, cosechar y sortear los diferentes tipos de vegetales. [Promotora] Me comenta que gana 13 dólares la hora, pero le quitas mucho de taxes por no tener dependes. 00:51.000 --> 01:05.000 [Promotora] Cuando trabaja largas jornadas en verano, gana de 1000 a 1200 por quincena. Pero eso es sólo un par de meses. [Promotora] Luego su sueldo es de, entre 400 a 500 dólares por quincena. 01:06.000 --> 01:24.000 [Promotora] En ocasiones se queda sin trabajo, tiene que buscar en otros ranchos. Donde el sueldo es más bajo. [Promotora] También me comenta que sólo en renta y pago de transportación a su trabajo, ella paga 800 dólares al mes. 01:25.500 --> 01:49.000 [Promotora] Esta persona no cuenta con familia. Ella me dice que necesita guantes de trabajo, botas para el agua, chamarra para el frío, chamarra para cubrirse del agua cuando llueve y cubre bocas. [Promotora] Al compartir su historia, yo pude ver su temor, cansancio y preocupación para su futuro. 01:50.000 --> 01:55.000 [Promotora] Esta persona decidió permanecer en anonimato Read in English 00:00.000 --> 00:11.000 [Promotora] Hello, my name is Tere Gómez. Developer in Northern Area 1 in Brighton. [Promotora] I will tell you the story of a person over 60 years of age. 00:12.000 --> 00:29.000 [Promotora] She has worked in the agricultural fields since 92, she started in the culture in California. [Promotora] When the doors were closed due to lack of documents and due to an accident at work, she decided to come to Colorado. 00:30.000 --> 00:50.000 [Promotora] She has already been working on different ranches for 10 years, here in the state. She works from planting, harvesting, and sorting the different types of vegetables. [Promotora] She tells me that she earns $13 an hour, but they take away a lot of taxes for not having dependents. 00:51.000 --> 01:05.000 [Promotora] When you work long hours in the summer, you earn 1,000 to 1,200 per fortnight. But that's only a couple of months. [Promotora] Then her salary is between 400 to 500 dollars per fortnight. 01:06.000 --> 01:24.000 [Promotora] Sometimes she is out of work, she has to look at other ranches. Where the salary is lower. [Promotora] She also tells me that only in rent and payment of transportation to her work, she pays 800 dollars a month. 01:25.500 --> 01:49.000 [Promotora] This person does not have a family. She tells me that she needs work gloves, water boots, a jacket for the cold, a jacket to cover herself from the water when it rains and covers mouths. [Promotora] By sharing her story, I could see her fear, weariness, and concern for her future. 01:50.000 --> 01:55.000 [Promotora] This person chose to remain Anonymous. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "She tells me that she needs work gloves, water boots, a jacket for the cold..." Description An account of the resource A promotora tells the story of a farmworker who has worked in Colorado for ten years. She explains the instability of income and how difficult it is to make amounts sufficient for rent, transportation, and necessary equipment. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Teresa Gómez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Type The nature or genre of the resource Story or anecdote Una historia o anécdota Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Adams County Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Penske McCormack https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/21fccae52d253a0295897da4acc2c1b1.ogg a34ee5886834cf4d0e91caaf1ffe0756 https://esencialcolorado.org/files/original/80f3e8bbbd0e98cdd5618d04e23a9be0.pdf 77667956594afb1e8181fecb14dc4168 Interview A verbatim transcript of a conversation between two or more people. Occupation In what type of agriculture is/was the worker is employed. Fieldworker Colorado County & Region Enter both the county in which the story was recorded and the state region. (ex: Otero County, Southeast; Weld County, North region 2) North Region 3 Original Language Spanish Español Translation Language (if available) If this story has a translation available, the language of the translation. English Inglés Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Trabajadora agrícola de Colorado (Anónima) Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Adriana Carrazco Lea en español 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 [Promotora] Hola, buenas tardes. [Trabajadora] Buenas tardes. [Promotora] ¿Cómo está? [Trabajador] Muy bien, gracias a Dios. ¿Y usted? [Promotora] Bien, muy bien. También gracias a Dios. La razón por la que estoy aquí es para ver si puede contestar unas preguntas. 00:12.700 --> 00:33.000 [Promotora] La organización para la que nosotros trabajamos está interesada en escuchar historias para… de los trabajadores del campo. Se está trabajando en un proyecto de ley para reforzar los derechos de los trabajadores agrícolas. Estas historias van a ir a manos de los legisladores para hacer un proyecto de ley, ¿puedo hacerle unas preguntas? [Trabajadora] Claro que sí 00:33.500 --> 00:56.700 [Promotora] Ok, ¿puede contarme usted un poco sobre cómo es trabajar en el campo agrícola de Colorado? [Trabajadora] Sí, claro que sí. Bueno pues en realidad es algo difícil. Yo pienso que son trabajos, uno de los pesados, que yo creo que existe. La agricultura, el campo, todo eso que tenga que ver con lo mismo. 00:58.000 --> 01:20.000 [Trabajadora] Es pesado, es pesado. Con los climas, los cambios de clima y pues en realidad tiene uno que es seguir adelante, ante todo. Aunque sea pesado, difícil o como sea. Porque no vamos a encontrar otro trabajo más. [Trabajadora] Es difícil hoy en día, ya encontrar trabajo. Pesado o no, tenemos que seguir adelante. [Promotora] Tenemos que hacerlo. [Trabajadora] Sí, hacerlo. 01:20.700 --> 01:55.000 [Promotora] ¿Qué tiene de… usted… para usted que fue difícil de trabajar con agricultores de Colorado y en las granjas de Colorado? [Trabajadora] Pues en realidad lo más difícil, que fue para mí, como mujer es de que no hay diferencia, es lo mismo. Trabajar igual como un hombre, a darle lo que son las horas seguidas. El tiempo de media hora para comida. Cuando uno como mujer necesita ir a los baños y todo eso. No tiene los mismos... el permiso. [Promotora] No tienen la misma fuerza que un hombre. 01:56.000 --> 02:22.000 [Trabajadora] Sí, exacto. Entonces muy, es muy difícil como mujer trabajar en esos tipos de trabajos. Entonces, muchas de las veces toca con jefes, patrones de que, les da igual. Sea una mujer o sea hombre, nos ven con indiferencia y no les importa si uno… sí es pesado el trabajo, no les importa. Nos trabajando demasiado. 02:23.000 --> 02:48.000 [Promotora] Uno es un trabajo más, eso es indiferencia. [Trabajadora] Exacto, sí. Claro que sí. [Promotora] ¿Qué cree que cause estas dificultades que me acaba de decir? [Trabajadora] Pues no sé. Yo pienso que, bueno, primero que causa, es que nos matan a nosotros, verdad, eso es lo primordial. Pero la otra, es de que… más que todo, pienso que los patrones - ellos lo que quieren, es ganar ellos. 02:48.700 --> 03:04.000 [Trabajadora] No les importa si nosotros ganamos bien o mal. Ellos quieren ganar ellos y siempre ser los ganadores, sin importar lo que nosotros ganemos o lo que nos paguen. Y pues, la matadera de uno, por decirlo yo así. [Promotora] ¿Por qué quiso usted trabajar en Colorado? 03:04.500 --> 03:43.000 [Trabajadora] Pues en realidad, yo quise trabajar en Colorado… y en esta parte donde yo estoy - aparte de que me orille, porque en realidad céntrico, todo está carísimo. Carísimo y para mí, yo, en lo que fue mi experiencia fue a orillarme porque ya era muy difícil con todo. Sobrevivir para sacar adelante a mis hijos, me tuve que orillar. [Trabajadora] Y trabajar en, cómo se puede decir, en trabajos de Agricultura, de campo y de todo eso para sacarlos a ellos adelante. Por eso fue que… [Promotora] Llegó aquí. [Trabajadora] Llegue aquí. 03:46.000 --> 04:15.000 [Promotora] Y ¿qué la trae por aquí? [Trabajadora] Pues nada, un futuro mejor para mis hijos. En donde no pueda… gastar tanto en pagar renta, bilés (bills) y todo eso. Para poderles dar a ellos lo mejor que yo pueda - a ellos, no tanto en gastar en lo que tiene uno que pagar de las… [Promotora] Las necesidades primarias [Trabajadora] Exacto, las necesidades primarias. Si no también lo que importa más para ellos y que me quede un poco para aportales a ellos. Porque si no pues no lo voy a poder hacer. 04:15.500 --> 04:25.000 [Promotora] Porque realmente pues, uno sí trabaja es por ellos. [Trabajadora] Exacto, sí. Eso es. Más que todo. [Promotora] Ok, si tuviera usted 60 segundos para hablar con los legisladores estatales ¿qué les diría usted a ellos? 04:27.750 --> 04:59.000 [Trabajadora] Pues yo les diría que tomaron un poquito de conciencia, ante nosotros, ante todas las personas que trabajan en el campo y en cualquier otra parte. Siendo emigrantes o no emigrantes, pero que nos tomaran un poquito de conciencia. [Trabajadora] A vernos similar ante sus ciudadanos, de vernos un poquito igual. Para que tengamos los mismos derechos hacia las demás personas. Porque todos somos en realidad seres humanos y pienso que necesitamos todos una oportunidad para ser tomados por igual. 05:01.000 --> 05:16.000 [Promotora] ¿Le gustaría decir su nombre o quiere permanecer así en el anonimato? [Trabajadora] No pues no. No tengo ningún desacuerdo con decir mi nombre yo soy Mayra Galindo. [Promotora] Mucho gusto y muchas gracias por su tiempo. [Trabajadora] De nada. 05:17.000 --> 05:48.000 [Promotora] Y por haber compartido con nosotros esto. Si usted tiene algo más que agregar, no sé, una experiencia más que haya tenido - porque pues en si las preguntas son específicas, pero si usted quisiera agregar algo más puede hacerlo. [Trabajadora] No pues la verdad es que si, yo en realidad, yo vivo aquí en el pueblo de Willis y la verdad yo estoy muy agradecida con todas las personas de aquí de la Comunidad. De tanto las personas que nos han ayudado, de escuelas, de no escuelas, madres, personas de casas, de hogar, igual que yo. 05:49.200 --> 06:05.000 [Trabajadora] Porque en realidad hemos tenido mucha ayuda con todo el tiempo que hemos tenido aquí en Willis. Y estamos muy agradecidos mi esposo, mis hijos, nosotros en casa. [Trabajadora] En verdad nunca habíamos… nunca nos había tocado venir a un pueblo como en el que estamos hoy y esperamos tener muchos años aquí, durar. 06:06.000 --> 06:22.000 [Trabajadora] Porque en realidad debería de haber más lugares que ayuden tanto como aquí. [Promotora] Ay, muchas gracias. Qué bueno que ha tenido buena experiencia aquí en el pueblo. [Trabajadora] Sí, gracias a Dios. [Promotora] Y pues muchas gracias por haber colaborado con nosotros. [Trabajadora] No, a ustedes. [Todos] Gracias Read in English 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 [Promotora] Hello, good afternoon. [Worker] Good afternoon. [Promotora] How is it going? [Worker] Very good thank God. And you? [Promotora] Good very good. Also thank god. The reason I'm here is to see if you can answer a few questions. 00:12.700 --> 00:33.000 [Promotora] The organization we work for is interested in hearing stories to … of the workers of the field. Work is under way on a bill to strengthen the rights of agricultural workers. These stories are going to go to the legislators to make a bill, can I ask you some questions? [Worker] Yes of course 00:33.500 --> 00:56.700 [Promotora] Ok, can you tell me a little about what it's like to work in the Colorado farm field? [Worker] Yeah right if. Well, it is actually somewhat difficult. I think they are jobs, one of the heavy ones, that I think exists. Agriculture, the countryside, everything that has to do with the same. 00:58.000 --> 01:20.000 [Worker] It's heavy, it's heavy. With the climates, the climate changes and well, in reality one has to move on, despite everything. Even if it is heavy, difficult or whatever. Because we won't find another job. [Worker] It's hard nowadays to find a job. Heavy or not, we have to move on. [Promotora] We have to do it. [Worker] Yes do it. 01:20.700 --> 01:55.000 [Promotora] What do you have of … you … It was difficult for you to work with Colorado farmers and Colorado farms? [Worker] Well actually the hardest thing, which was for me, as a woman there is no difference, it is the same. Work the same as a man, to give it, what are the hours in a row. The time of half an hour for food. When one as a woman needs to go to the toilets and all that. It does not have the same... the permission. [Promotora] They don't have the same strength as a man. 01:56.000 --> 02:22.000 [Worker] Yes, exactly. So very, very difficult as a woman to work in those types of jobs. So, many of the times it happens with bosses, patterns that, they don't care. Whether it is a woman or a man, they see us with indifference and do not care if one … yes, it is heavy work, they don't care. Us working too hard. 02:23.000 --> 02:48.000 [Promotora] One is one more job, that's indifference. [Worker] Exactly, yes. Yes of course. [Promotora] What do you think causes these difficulties that you just told me? [Worker] Well, I do not know. I think that, well, the first thing it causes is that they kill us, right, that's the main thing. But the other is that … Most of all, I think the patterns - what they want is to win them. 02:48.700 --> 03:04.000 [Worker] They don't care if we earn good or bad. They want to win themselves and always be the winners, no matter what we earn or what they pay us. And well, the slaughter of one, sort of speak. [Promotora] Why did you want to work in Colorado? 03:04.500 --> 03:43.000 [Worker] Well actually, I wanted to work in Colorado … and in this part where I am - Apart from the fact that it borders me, because in reality, downtown…. everything is very expensive. Very expensive and for me, myself, in what was my experience it was to go to the outskirts because it was already very difficult with everything. Surviving to raise my children, I had to go live on the outskirts of the city. [Worker] And work in… how could I put it, in Agriculture jobs, field and all those jobs, to get them ahead in life. That's why … [Promotora] You arrived here. [Worker] I arrived here. 03:46.000 --> 04:15.000 [Promotora] And what brings you here? [Worker] Well nothing, a better future for my children. Where I can't … spend so much to pay rent, bills and all that. So that I can give them the best life that I can - to them, not so much in spending on what one has to pay for the … [Promotora] Primary needs [Worker] Exactly, the primary needs. If not, also, in what matters most to them and that I can spare a little to contribute to them. Because if not then I won't be able to do it. 04:15.500 --> 04:25.000 [Promotora] Because, well, really, if you work, it's for them. [Worker] Exactly, yes. That's it. More than anything. [Promotora] Ok, if you had 60 seconds to speak to state legislators, what would you say to them? 04:27.750 --> 04:59.000 [Worker] Well, I would tell them to become a little more aware, in us, to all people who work in the field and elsewhere. Being immigrants or non-immigrants, but that they could take a little bit on their conscience. [Worker] To see ourselves similar to its citizens, to see ourselves a little bit the same. So that we have the same rights towards other people. Because we are all actually human beings and I think we all need a chance to be taken equally. 05:01.000 --> 05:16.000 [Promotora] Would you like to say your name, or do you want to remain anonymous? [Worker] No, no. I have no disagreement with saying my name, I am Mayra Galindo. [Promotora] Nice to meet you and thank you very much for your time. [Worker] You are welcome. 05:17.000 --> 05:48.000 [Promotora] And for having shared this with us. If you have anything else to add, I don't know, one more experience you may have had - because, well, the questions are specific, but if you would like to add something else you can do it. [Worker] No because the truth is that yes, I actually, I live here in the town of Willis and the truth is I am very grateful to all the people here in the Community. Of all the people who have helped us, from schools, from non-schools, mothers, people from houses, from home, just like me. 05:49.200 --> 06:05.000 [Worker] Because we've actually gotten a lot of help in all the time we've lived here at Willis. And we are very grateful my husband, my children, us at home. [Worker] We never really had … We had never had to come to a town like the one we are in today and we hope to live here for many more years, to last. 06:06.000 --> 06:22.000 [Worker] Because actually there should be more places that help as much as here. [Promotora] Oh thank you very much. How good that you had a good experience here in town. [Worker] Yes thank God. [Promotora] And so, thank you very much for having collaborated with us. [Worker] No to you. [Everybody] Thank you! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "So it is very, very difficult as a woman to work in those types of jobs." Description An account of the resource A Colorado agricultural worker discusses gender, working conditions on farms and reasons as to why she works in agriculture. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adriana Carrazco Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-02-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Quisi Rodriguez-Oregel Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Morgan County Type The nature or genre of the resource Interview La entrevista