| Sumario: | In this article we adopt a feminist perspective on labour organisation in agribusiness and discuss different aspects of gender inequalities for the industrial phase of two Global Value Chains in Uruguay: fruit and dairy farming. We carried out an analysis based on the Continuous Household Surveys, finding as main results: an unequal distribution by sex in the organisation of work; a higher proportion of women in the worst conditions of qualification, formality and remuneration; and a differentiated remuneration in the highest qualification levels. In addition, we conducted a 2-step cluster analysis to generate groups of male and female workers according to their type of insertion in the two chains in terms of years of service, remuneration, formality and qualification. According to the results, and although the two chains have many differences, a clear pattern is repeated whereby women always have a higher participation than men in the groups with the worst conditions or receive lower salaries when they manage to access better job positions. Finally, we connect the findings with the discussion about the necessity of broadening the notion of labour by looking at the continuum between reproductive-productive labour and the use that companies make of women's subordinate position.
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