The Political Economy of Migrant Farm Labor and the Farmworker Movement in the Midwest
Title | The Political Economy of Migrant Farm Labor and the Farmworker Movement in the Midwest PDF eBook |
Author | James L. Terry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Agricultural laborers |
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The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest
Title | The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest PDF eBook |
Author | W. K. Barger |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2010-07-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0292792123 |
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) was founded by Baldemar Velásquez in 1967 to challenge the poverty and powerlessness that confronted migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. This study documents FLOC's development through its first quarter century and analyzes its effectiveness as a social reform movement. Barger and Reza describe FLOC's founding as a sister organization of the United Farm Workers (UFW). They devote particular attention to FLOC's eight-year struggle (1978-1986) with the Campbell Soup company that led to three-way contracts for improved working conditions between FLOC, Campbell Soup, and Campbell's tomato and cucumber growers in Ohio and Michigan. This contract significantly changed the structure of agribusiness and instituted key reforms in American farm labor. The authors also address the processes of social change involved in FLOC actions. Their findings are based on extensive research among farmworkers, growers, and representatives of agribusiness, as well as personal involvement with FLOC leaders and supporters.
The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest
Title | The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Kenneth Barger |
Publisher | |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers |
ISBN | 9780292758919 |
Barger and Reza tell the story of FLOC's founding as a sister organization of the United Farm Workers (UFW) in California.
Poverty, Prejudice, Power, Politics
Title | Poverty, Prejudice, Power, Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Joy Hintz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Migrant Farm Workers
Title | Migrant Farm Workers PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald L. Goldfarb |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Plantation Workers
Title | Plantation Workers PDF eBook |
Author | Brij V. Lal |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1993-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780824814960 |
Ten essays fill in some gaps in the study of plantations by exploring the experience of the workers themselves, focusing on their reaction and adaptation to their situation, which ranged from acquiescence to rebellion.
Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State
Title | Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State PDF eBook |
Author | Linda C. Majka |
Publisher | |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Agricultural laborers |
ISBN |
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.