DUE DILIGENCE AND DECENT WORK. SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LABOUR LEGISLATION IN VALUE CHAINS

Abstract

: In recent decades, the agricultural world has changed, in this new context, international food companies are organized around a global production network. One of the main factors for the introduction of a more decentralized and flexible food and agricultural system was the wage gap between actors from the Global North and the Global South. This study analyzes the effectiveness of the action of control mechanisms in relation to the protection of workers' rights in multinational companies in Spain with special reference to the value chain of the agricultural sector. In particular, the working conditions of workers in food companies will be analyzed, analyzing the inequalities between the different groups of workers, paying special attention to immigrants and women, thus analyzing possible differences, contractual irregularities and salary gaps. Therefore, the article invites us to reflect on the need to implement new control mechanisms and regulatory instruments that intervene to correct the distortions in the agricultural labor market and the imbalances in the working conditions of these groups with the aim of contributing to a transformation of agricultural work through social strategies.