Farmworkers in the San Quintin valley of Baja California went on strike from 17 March 2015, blocking the main highway and halting the winter strawberry harvest at its peak. They demanded a daily rate of around 300 pesos instead of about 110 pesos for a ten-hour day, plus guaranteed benefits and an end to abuses including child labour and sexual harassment. Police and army units dispersed protests with rubber bullets and tear gas, with more than 200 arrests, and growers later offered a 15 percent rise that most workers accepted.