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Mestas, Leonard J. – Farmworker Journal, 1978
The Panel concluded that, despite the several billions of dollars spent by the federal government over the past 15 years, American farmworkers and their families still live and work under conditions which are cruel and harsh by any standard. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Coordination, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedPortes, Alejandro – Society, 1974
Examines the wetback migration, and legal migration from Mexico which have had a vigorous resurgence in the years following the termination of the bracero program in 1964: the migrants, their methods and the making of the structural forces promoting and sustaining this migration do not conform to commonly held beliefs. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Immigrants, Immigration Inspectors, Law Enforcement
Download full textHuang, Gary – 1993
Good health directly affects the educational performance of migrant children. However, there is little nationwide, accurate information on the health status of migrant farmworkers, and even less on their children. This digest summarizes recent information on migrant children's health status. Compared to all U.S. children, migrant children have a…
Descriptors: Accidents, Agricultural Laborers, At Risk Persons, Child Health
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
O'Connell, Michael – Civil Rights Digest, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Migrant Education, Migrant Employment
Murphy, Betty – Opportunity, 1971
Describes the history and activities of the United Migrants for Opportunity, Inc. in Michigan, an OEO-sponsored program. (JM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
Martinez, Frank – Civil Rights Digest, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Mexican Americans, Migrant Employment
The Relationship of Migrant Workers' Attitudes and Behavior to their Work Environment. Final Report.
Harper, Dean H. – 1971
A survey of the attitudes of migrant farm workers in two upstate New York farm camps revealed that while about two-thirds of them enjoyed farm work, about one-half of them felt that the farm worker had no chance in life and about 60% aspired to earn less than $1000 for the summer's work. In structured, systematic interviews, workers professed few…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Behavior, Migrant Employment, Migrant Problems
National Council of Churches of Christ, New York, NY. – 1966
THE MIGRANT MINISTRY, A UNITED CHURCH EFFORT TO SERVE SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS, PRODUCED THIS BOOKLET FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING SUGGESTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING MIGRANTS. WHILE MOST OF THESE SUGGESTIONS CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER BY ANY GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS, IT WAS WRITTEN WITH CHURCH PEOPLE…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Church Programs, Churches, Community
San Diego City Council, CA. – 1991
In February 1991, policymakers and representatives of resource agencies and nonprofit organizations met to find solutions to a major regional crisis--the lack of housing for farmworkers and day laborers in San Diego County. The region contains about 200 worker camps, usually situated in undeveloped canyons and fields near suburban residential…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Community Action, Homeless People, Housing Deficiencies
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1987
Many farmworkers are faced with serious problems such as toxic drinking water, malnutrition, low levels of education and income, and poor health care. Based on statistical review, social surveys, and case studies, this document describes older farmworkers' living conditions, focusing on their housing problems. For many, housing is a luxury item…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Migrant Housing, Migrant Problems
Manly, Libby, Ed.; Okie, Alejandra, Ed.; Wiggins, Melinda, Ed. – 1998
In this booklet, essays and poems, presented both in English and in Spanish, portray the feelings, conditions, and economic plight of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North and South Carolina, often in their own words. A preface describes Student Action with Farmworkers summer internships in which college students spend 10 weeks working with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Crew Leaders, Economic Factors
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
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) monitors and encourages human rights compliance by signatories of the Helsinki Final Act of 1975. Language pertaining to migrant workers is found in all major CSCE documents, and the examination of migrant farmworker issues represents part of the Commission's ongoing review of U.S.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings
JORGENSON, JANET M.; AND OTHERS – 1960
FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN 1960 IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS AND IN IOWA TO AUGMENT INFORMATION ON MIGRATORY WORKERS. FACULTY-STUDENT TEAM FIELD TRIPS FOUND MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PROVIDING A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANT WORKER. CHILDREN OF THE MIGRANTS ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BREAK…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
