Shades of Precariousness: Migrants’ Labour Conditions in an Italian Fruit District

This country report examines how the strategies and interactions of key local actors shape irregular migrant work and labour conditions in the Farm-to-Fork sector, focusing on the Saluzzo fruit district (Piedmont region), Italy. The main research question asks how employers, migrant workers, state institutions, and non-state actors (trade unions, NGOs, third-sector organisations) act and interact within a “local battleground” to produce specific outcomes in migrant workers’ working and living conditions. The study draws on qualitative fieldwork in Saluzzo, including interviews with a wide set of stakeholders (public administrations, labour inspectorate, employment services, employers and employers’ associations, unions, NGOs and volunteers) and with migrant workers of different nationalities and legal statuses, complemented by documentary and contextual sources on the district’s agricultural economy and labour governance.

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How to cite: Cingolani P., Korbi S. (2026). Shades of Precariousness: Migrants’ Labour Conditions in an Italian Fruit District. DignityFIRM. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18847931