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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On July 22, 1971, the subcommittee initiated the hearings, noting that "the problems of the most severely disadvantaged people in rural America--migrant and seasonal farmworkers--cannot be described, much less solved, unless examined in the light of the larger difficulty in agricultural America--rural poverty." Questions set forth at…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Farmers, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1974
Categorical programs presently delivering services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers are diffusely spread throughout several departments and agencies of the Federal Government. On September 26, 1974, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor met to hear testimony on H.R. 12257 and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On November 5, 1971, the subcommittee heard testimony on the: (1) history of land ownership in rural America, (2) extent of corporate and conglomerate involvement in rural America and the resulting economic consequences, and (3) impact of the large vertically ano horizontally integrated corporations and conglomerates on the well-being of rural…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends, Economic Factors
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On August 1, 1972, the Subcommittee heard testimony on bill S. 3762 which would extend the program for health services for domestic agricultural migrant workers. The bill would extend the migrant health program for 5 years, with $100 million authorized for fiscal year 1973 and a $25 million increase for each of the following years. S. 3762…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On January 11, 1972, the subcommittee heard further testimony on land ownership, use, and distribution in rural America. Witnesses gave testimony on: (1) Land ownership in California and the Nation; (2) the difficulties encountered in finding out who owns the land; (3) the implications of the continuing trend toward ever-higher concentration of…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends, Economic Factors
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On January 13, 1972, the subcommittee resumed its hearings on land ownership, agribusiness, and agrigovernment in California. Witnesses testified on: (1) the impact of land use, ownership, and distribution on farmworkers, farmers, and consumers; (2) the national policy of land ownership and distribution; (3) California's water project and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Change Strategies
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
In its report accompanying the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Senate Labor Committee concluded that in general child labor in agriculture was physically and mentally detrimental to the health and well-being of participating children, acting as a social depressant, stunting their intellectual growth and capacity, and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Economic Factors
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 2001
This publication documents a congressional hearing on the Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1999, which focuses on these three major concerns: the United States (US) is the home of a large and growing number of undocumented agricultural workers; the current H-2A Program is administratively burdensome, does not work well for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1981
This document is a transcript of a hearing on provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that govern the entry and the stay of certain classes of nonimmigrants, including temporary or H-2 workers and foreign students. The hearing also reviewed the proposal to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act so that visas could be waived for…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Employment Projections, Farm Labor
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
It is the purpose of this Act to provide job training and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons, and to assure that training and other services lead to maximum employment opportunities and enhance self-sufficiency by establishing a flexible and decentralized system of Federal, State, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
