Análisis del derecho a la identidad cultural dentro del escenario laboral en la ciudad de Machala

Abstract

Ecuadorian legislation, since the promulgation of its 2008 Constitution, recognizes the right to cultural identity, which over time has been violated in different social scenarios, but specifically within the labor scenario, historically experienced by ethnic and cultural communities, peoples and nationalities, respectively indigenous, This aspect generated demands for the protection of the rights of the different cultures and a key fact that drove this group of people to form organizations to fight for the recognition of their own identities, customs, traditions and ancestral activities, and to eradicate all types of discriminatory acts based on their origin of identity. Under this framework, the objective of this work is to establish the concept of cultural identity with emphasis on the different ideas and notions and in accordance with the current national regulations, to analyze the exercise of the right to cultural identity in the labor insertion system of the public and private sector and its incidence in the city of Machala from the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022. Through the use of the analytical, synthetic, qualitative, quantitative method and the study of factual and legal contents. The results of the investigation reflect the registration of the rate of employees by ethnicity whose effects show the existence of inequality in the participation of workers who belong to the most vulnerable groups.