Download or read book Labor Unionism in American Agriculture written by Stuart Marshall Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Human Cost of Food written by Charles D. Thompson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding fresh fruits and vegetables is as easy as going to the grocery store for most Americans—which makes it all too easy to forget that our food is cultivated, harvested, and packaged by farmworkers who labor for less pay, fewer benefits, and under more dangerous conditions than workers in almost any other sector of the U.S. economy. Seeking to end the public's ignorance and improve workers' living and working conditions, this book addresses the major factors that affect farmworkers' lives while offering practical strategies for action on farmworker issues. The contributors to this book are all farmworker advocates—student and community activists and farmworkers themselves. Focusing on workers in the Southeast United States, a previously understudied region, they cover a range of issues, from labor organizing, to the rise of agribusiness, to current health, educational, and legal challenges faced by farmworkers. The authors blend coverage of each issue with practical suggestions for working with farmworkers and other advocates to achieve justice in our food system both regionally and nationally.
Download or read book Farm Workers Agribusiness and the State written by Linda C. Majka and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical account of the social conflict between agricultural workers and agribusiness, and the role of state intervention in California, USA - analyses agricultural trade unionism since 1870, immigration of Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos, and its regulation; examines the economic recession of the 1930s, rise of rural worker organizations, internal migration, and state-enrolled contract labour; reports on the formation of the United Farm Workers and its struggle for trade union recognition, opposition, and state mediation. Bibliography.
Download or read book Farmers and Farm Workers Movements written by Patrick H. Mooney and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The section on farm worker movements looks mainly at the agribusiness economy of California, beginning with farm worker mobilization in the depression era and the emergence of such prominent unions as the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union and the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America. The authors extensively examine the United Farm Workers (UFW) activism that began in 1965 under the late Cesar Chavez and culminated in 1975 with the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act. The achievements of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee in Ohio and Michigan during the 1980s and early 1990s is also compared with the relative failures of the UFW during that same time period, and the authors pay particular attention to the "control issues" that have been crucial among farm worker demands.
Download or read book The Fair Labor Standards Act written by Ellen C. Kearns and published by Bna Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with background perspective on the Fair Labor Standards Act--and ending with specific litigation issues & strategies--here is your one-source reference to the FLSA & its complex legal applications in today's workplace. A team of eminent specialists from the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law's Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee gives you insights & tactics including: . history & coverage of the FLSA . what constitutes a violation of the Act . exemptions to the law--including white-collar jobs & other statutory exemptions . how to determine compensable hours, minimum wage, & overtime compensation . special issues for federal & state workers . proper recordkeeping procedures . consequences for retaliation by employers . enforcement of the law--and remedies for violations . emerging & volatile topics including child labor, homework, hot goods violations, & much more . plus specific litigation strategies to meet nearly any challenge you may face in handling cases affected by the FLSA.
Download or read book Seasonal Farm Labor in the United States written by Harry Schwartz and published by Columbia University Studies in the History of American Agriculture, 11. This book was released on 1945 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the lives of seasonal farms workers with special emphasis on fruit and vegetable and sugar beet production. .
Download or read book Labor Unionism in American Agriculture written by Stuart Marshall Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harvest Of Confusion written by Philip L Martin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended as the first building block to assist in the development of realistic solutions for migrant farmworker issues in the U.S. It analyzes the vast and diverse data and literature which generate the confusion over the number and distribution of farmworkers who work in agriculture.
Download or read book The Farm Labor Situation in Texas written by United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chasing the Harvest written by Voice of Witness and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a million men, women, and children work in American agriculture, and yet their stories are rarely told, their low-wage jobs are not included in minimum-wage ordinances or campaigns, and their work remains unorganized by labor unions. This book of oral histories restores to visibility these workers, by telling stories of hardship but also bravery, solidarity, and improvisation in California's farm fields. The majority of American produce is picked in California, while workers there face wage theft and sexual harassment, pesticide exposure and lack of healthcare, the struggle to find affordable housing, and the special risks endured by the undocumented--as many as half of all farmworkers. The book also tells the story of a new generation of labor activists, who are pressing for a national Bill of Rights for farmworkers.
Download or read book Survey of Agricultural Labor Conditions in Karnes County Texas written by United States. Farm security administration (Department of Agriculture) and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agricultural Labor in the 1980 s written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Employment Work Group and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Justice and Farm Labor written by Rebecca E. Berkey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing a model derived from literature on environmental justice overlaid with multiple scales of agriculture, Environmental Justice and Farm Labor provides key insights about laborers in agriculture in the United States. It addresses three main topics: (1) justice-related issues facing farmers and laborers on farms; (2) how history and policy have impacted them; and (3) the opportunities and leverage points for change in improving justice outcomes. It explores who labors in US agriculture and the justice-related issues facing these workers, including occupational injury and illness, lack of access to healthcare, substandard housing, hunger, low wages, issues pertaining to immigration, and the inability to organize. In addition, it assesses the impacts of labor safety, immigration and international policy, and in particular the effects of organic and fair trade certification. Two detailed case studies, one based on conventional agriculture in Florida and the other on organic agriculture in the Northeast, highlight the interrelated but unique challenges facing those who labor in the different sectors of this complex agricultural system. Finally, it touches on justice claims and the role of grassroots activism in improving justice outcomes by highlighting organizations operating at multiple scales to contribute to the livelihood of farmers and laborers in the different areas of agriculture.
Download or read book Farm Labor written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Promise Unfulfilled written by Philip L. Martin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975, after vigorous campaigning by the United Farm Workers union, the state of California passed the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA), a pioneering self-help strategy granting farm workers the right to organize into unions. A quarter century later, only a tiny percentage of farm workers in the state belong to unions, and wages remain less than half of those of nonfarm employees. Why did the ALRA fail? One of the nation's foremost authorities on farm workers here explores the reasons behind its unfulfilled promise.Philip L. Martin examines the key features of the farm labor market in California, including the shifting ethnicity of the worker pool and the evolution of the major unions, beginning with the Wobblies. Finally, he reviews the impact of immigration on agriculture in the state.Today, many states look to the California experience to assess whether the ALRA can serve as a model for their own farm labor relations laws. In Martin's view, California's efforts to grant rights to farm workers so that they can help themselves have failed because of continued unauthorized migration and the changing structure of farm employment. Martin argues that alternative policies would make farming profitable, raise farm worker wages, and still keep groceries affordable.
Download or read book Farm Labor written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Migratory Farm Labor Problem in the United States written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
