This is not the whole story. Quite the opposite – other dimensions of exploitation come
into play here. On the one hand, the need to ensure that the worker earns the
available wage in full obliges him/her to take along a family member to help complete
the jobs that have been set and avoid earning less than s/he could. On the other
hand, the problem of women having little access to employment in the plantations
means that they have to accept casual work that is done from home, such as washing
the plastic bags used to cover the fruit - some of which contain pesticides – so that
they can be reused; this work is very badly paid and contaminates their homes, their
children