{"id":3982,"date":"2020-11-11T18:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:15:44","slug":"condiciones-peligrosas-salarios-bajos-y-una-pandemia-la-historia-de-una-limpiadora-indocumentada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2020\/11\/11\/hazardous-conditions-low-wages-and-a-pandemic-one-undocumented-cleaners-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Condiciones peligrosas, bajos salarios y una pandemia: La historia de una limpiadora indocumentada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Arriba: Mar\u00eda Salud disfruta de su \u00fanico d\u00eda libre el 4 de noviembre de 2020 en River Park en Chicago, Ill. Samantha Cabrera Friend para Borderless Magazine \/<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catchlight.io\/local\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Gato<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">chLight <\/span><\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catchlight.io\/local\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #800000;\">Chicago local<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2020\/11\/11\/condiciones-peligrosas-salarios-bajos-y-una-pandemia-una-trabajadora-de-limpieza-indocumentada-cuenta-su-historia\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Read in English<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para muchas empleadas del hogar, la pandemia de coronavirus les ha obligado a elegir entre trabajar o mantenerse sanas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En primera l\u00ednea de la lucha para detener la propagaci\u00f3n del COVID-19, se les pide que <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/1e42278a213ebc0f9d4c64883f091fa0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">desinfectar edificios por poco dinero y a menudo con poca protecci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Todo el mundo, pase lo que pase, sigue negociando a la baja los salarios de los trabajos m\u00e1s laboriosos\", afirm\u00f3 Anal\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez, de la organizaci\u00f3n <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latinounion.org\/\">Uni\u00f3n Latina de Chicago<\/a><\/span>, que atiende a trabajadores inmigrantes y nacidos en Estados Unidos con salarios bajos. \"Acabamos con trabajadores en condiciones peligrosas a los que no se paga lo justo\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/research\/immigrant-workers-us-covid-19-response\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casi el 60 por ciento de las criadas <\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y amas de llaves que mantienen limpias oficinas y tiendas en Estados Unidos son inmigrantes. El personal de limpieza y conserjer\u00eda se considera <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trabajadores esenciales en Illinois<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sin embargo, muchos limpiadores inmigrantes no pueden optar a los subsidios de desempleo tradicionales si pierden su trabajo. <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2020\/04\/08\/por-que-16-7-millones-de-personas-quedaron-fuera-del-plan-de-estimulo-covid-19\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">no pod\u00edan optar a un cheque est\u00edmulo COVID-19<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">,<\/span> debido a las restricciones impuestas a las familias de estatus mixto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La pandemia ha puesto bajo presi\u00f3n a los trabajadores con salarios bajos, como los limpiadores, afirma Shelly Ruzicka, de <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arisechicago.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arise Chicago<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">,<\/span> que ha tenido noticias de muchos inmigrantes latinos y polacos que han perdido su empleo o han visto recortadas sus horas de trabajo en los \u00faltimos meses. A pesar de estas dificultades, ha observado que los trabajadores defienden cada vez m\u00e1s sus derechos durante la pandemia de coronavirus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Parece un cambio mental muy profundo\", afirma Ruzicka. \"Algunos economistas dicen que los trabajadores van a arriesgarse porque no hay muchos empleos. Mientras que los trabajadores dicen: 'No. Necesito el trabajo, necesito el dinero, pero tambi\u00e9n necesito estar vivo'\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar\u00eda Salud ha sentido ese cambio durante la pandemia. Esta mexicana indocumentada de 45 a\u00f1os vive en el North Side de Chicago y tiene varios trabajos, entre ellos el de ama de llaves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al principio de la pandemia de COVID-19, empez\u00f3 a perder trabajo porque los clientes cerraban sus oficinas y no se sent\u00edan c\u00f3modos teni\u00e9ndola en sus casas. As\u00ed que cuando su amiga le habl\u00f3 de un trabajo de limpieza en un gran almac\u00e9n del centro en marzo, Mar\u00eda Salud acept\u00f3 encantada. La experiencia la dej\u00f3 traumatizada.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No tenemos derechos. Pero, para ser sincero, esto se debe a que soy indocumentado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La empresa de limpieza acept\u00f3 pagarnos $13 por hora. Dijeron que nos iban a pagar en efectivo, que era f\u00e1cil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estaba emocionada. Pens\u00e9 que quiz\u00e1 este trabajo me llevar\u00eda a otros lugares. Ahora mismo no hay trabajo, as\u00ed que tuve que aceptarlo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sab\u00eda que la desinfecci\u00f3n era arriesgada durante la pandemia. No paraban de decirme que ten\u00eda que hacer las cosas bien porque la vida de los dem\u00e1s est\u00e1 en nuestras manos con el coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trabaj\u00e1bamos tres personas y nos dieron tres horas para desinfectar toda la tienda. Eran cuatro plantas y un s\u00f3tano.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No nos dieron una m\u00e1scara. No nos dieron nada. S\u00f3lo nos dieron guantes, un rollo de toallas de papel y toallitas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hab\u00eda tra\u00eddo mi propio equipo, pero cuando entrabas en la tienda, ten\u00edas que dejar todas tus cosas delante. No me dejaron llevarlo dentro y usarlo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 id=\"double-your-impact-today-between-november-1-and-december-31-newsmatch-will-match-your-new-monthly-donation-12x-or-double-your-one-time-gift-all-up-to-5000\" class=\"pk-content-block pk-block-bg pk-block-bg-light\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Duplique hoy su impacto. Entre el 1 de noviembre y el 31 de diciembre, NewsMatch igualar\u00e1 12 veces su nueva donaci\u00f3n mensual o duplicar\u00e1 su donaci\u00f3n \u00fanica, todo ello hasta $5.000.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"pk-button pk-button-md pk-button-primary pk-font-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/donar\/\" target=\"_blank\" >\n\t\t\t Donar \n\t\t<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los productos qu\u00edmicos que utilizamos eran fuertes. M\u00e1s tarde me enter\u00e9 de que otro equipo de limpieza hab\u00eda intentado conseguir el trabajo, pero se hab\u00edan quejado de que los productos qu\u00edmicos eran demasiado fuertes y quer\u00edan m\u00e1s dinero. Nosotros \u00e9ramos los cr\u00e9dulos dispuestos a trabajar en una situaci\u00f3n peligrosa por menos dinero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despu\u00e9s de respirar los productos qu\u00edmicos durante un rato, empez\u00f3 a dolerme. Me dol\u00eda la cabeza. Me ard\u00edan los ojos. Tengo asma e intento cuidarme. Todav\u00eda me enfado cuando pienso en lo irrespetuosos que fueron y en c\u00f3mo no me protegieron.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le ped\u00ed al jefe unos guantes nuevos, porque ya hab\u00eda tirado los m\u00edos. Pero se enfad\u00f3 conmigo y me dijo: \"Uf, qu\u00e9 delicada has resultado\". No me dio guantes nuevos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La gente tiene miedo de enfermar y por eso nos pide que limpiemos. Pero se aprovechan de ti. Si realmente se preocuparan por la salud, lo m\u00e1s l\u00f3gico ser\u00eda que dijeran: \"Aqu\u00ed tienes unos guantes y una mascarilla\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la tienda, empezamos el trabajo prestando mucha atenci\u00f3n a los detalles. Pero cuando supimos que se acababa el tiempo, dejamos de hacerlo. Yo estaba en los ba\u00f1os de la secci\u00f3n infantil cuando me dijeron que se hab\u00edan acabado las tres horas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entonces el l\u00edder me dijo: \"Oh no, todav\u00eda nos falta el s\u00f3tano\". As\u00ed que nos llev\u00f3 all\u00ed y nos dijo que lo limpi\u00e1ramos r\u00e1pidamente. Lo hicimos y eso fue todo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten\u00edan que pagarme $13 por hora, es decir, $39 en total. Tuve que pagar el billete de tren.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadie quiere darte nada. Eso es lo que me molesta. Que no es justo. Deber\u00edan darnos al menos guantes y una mascarilla. Pero tienes que traer tu propia mascarilla. Tienes que traer tus propios guantes. Y no es justo. No es justo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tardaron tres meses en pagarme. No paraba de enviar mensajes de texto preguntando qu\u00e9 pasaba. Al principio nos dieron un cheque, pero cuando fuimos a cobrarlo, lo rechazaron porque la firma no coincid\u00eda con la de la cuenta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me enfad\u00e9 mucho porque hab\u00eda pagado el transporte y arriesgado mi salud durante la pandemia y aun as\u00ed no nos pagaban. Dije que era una injusticia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pero lo mismo ocurre en todas partes. Hace poco me pidieron que limpiara un piso y me dijeron que llevara guantes y mascarilla. Me molesta que no nos den el equipo. Est\u00e1n abusando de nosotros durante una pandemia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los empresarios saben que no hay trabajo y que tenemos que pagar el alquiler y las facturas. Por eso nos retienen la paga, o nos la pagan con retraso, o nos pagan demasiado poco. Tambi\u00e9n por eso no nos dan el equipo adecuado. Si no tuvi\u00e9ramos que trabajar, creo que no lo har\u00edamos. Pero no podemos quedarnos en casa, porque nadie paga nuestras facturas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Est\u00e1n abusando de nosotros a causa de la pandemia. Saben que no podemos ir a ninguna parte. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Porque no hay trabajo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decid\u00ed denunciar y empec\u00e9 a grabar v\u00eddeos en el trabajo. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Porque ya no estamos en una \u00e9poca de esclavitud. He tenido jefes que me han tirado de las orejas si comet\u00eda un error. Estoy harto de que me maltraten en el trabajo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disculpe, pero estamos aqu\u00ed para trabajar. Se aprovechan de nosotros y de nuestra situaci\u00f3n desesperada. Te culpan de robar, de cosas que no has hecho, y tienes que tolerarlo todo. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Porque necesitamos comer y pagar el alquiler.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3430 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Essential-Workers-logo-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" \/>Esta historia forma parte del<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> <a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solvingforchicago.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.solvingforchicago.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1599166170718000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGi-Z25_IfL8jax1x-hhir-ZI7LaQ\">Soluciones para Chicago<\/a> <\/span>esfuerzo de colaboraci\u00f3n de las redacciones para cubrir a los trabajadores considerados \"esenciales\" durante COVID-19 y c\u00f3mo la pandemia est\u00e1 reconfigurando el trabajo y el empleo.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Es un proyecto de la Local Media Foundation con el apoyo de la Google News Initiative y la Solutions Journalism Network. Entre los 19 socios se encuentran WBEZ, WTTW, Chicago Reader, Chicago Defender, La Raza, Shaw Media, Block Club Chicago, Borderless Magazine, South Side Weekly, Injustice Watch, Austin Weekly News, Wednesday Journal, Forest Park Review, Riverside Brookfield Landmark, Windy City Times, Hyde Park Herald, Inside Publications, Loop North News y Chicago Music Guide.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 id=\"our-work-is-made-possible-thanks-to-donations-from-people-like-you-support-high-quality-reporting-by-making-a-tax-deductible-donation-today\" class=\"pk-content-block pk-block-bg pk-block-bg-light\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Nuestro trabajo es posible gracias a las donaciones de personas como usted. Apoye la informaci\u00f3n de alta calidad haciendo una donaci\u00f3n deducible de impuestos hoy mismo.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><a class=\"pk-button pk-button-md pk-button-primary pk-font-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/donar\/\" target=\"_blank\" >\n\t\t\t Donar \n\t\t<\/a><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00e1s de la mitad de los trabajadores que mantienen limpias oficinas y tiendas en Estados Unidos son inmigrantes. Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, su trabajo se ha vuelto m\u00e1s esencial que nunca.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":3991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,325],"tags":[103],"coauthors":[291],"class_list":{"0":"post-3982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-as-told-to","8":"category-environmentandhealth","9":"tag-cleaner"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hazardous Conditions, Low Wages and a Pandemic: One Undocumented Cleaner\u2019s Story &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over half of the workers keeping offices and stores clean in the United States are immigrants. 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