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Segor, Joseph C. – 1974
Until recently, American farmworkers have been poor and unorganized. As a result, they have been powerless to protect themselves from different forms of discrimination and exploitation. The rights of farmworkers have been traded off by social reformers in State legislatures as well as the Congress. In the last few years, this has begun to change…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Education
Coppock, Marjorie L. – 1984
In spite of recent advances in mechanization, farmworkers continue to be a vital and necessary element in the harvesting of American crops. However, farmworkers, whether migrant or non-migrant, continue to have the lowest annual income of all occupational groups. The overriding concern is one of powerlessness. Farmworkers have been excluded at the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Farm Labor, Group Behavior