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Santiago, Gloria Bonilla – Migration World, 1986
Details the history and activities in New Jersey of "El Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolos" (CATA) or Farmworkers' Support Committee. The Committee was founded in 1979 to help Puerto Rican migrant workers who suffer from social and political isolation and are denied basic rights. Successes, goals, and problems are noted. (PS)
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Environment, Labor Demands
Margolis, Richard J. – 1981
Based on direct observation of farmworker housing, reviews of the literature on the subject, "openended" interviews with migrant workers or members of their families, and visits to some 75 camps in Texas, Florida, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, and Colorado, this report examines the conditions of migrant housing. Part I provides a brief historical…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Disadvantaged Environment, Government Role, Housing Deficiencies