This document attempts to answer questions resulting from the 1972 Michigan Supreme Court Ruling relative to agricultural employees under the Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA). The sections of this paper outline a history of the WCA; employers covered; definition of "regularly employ"; clarification of "thirteen weeks";…

The exploratory essay studies the activities of the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA) from 1931 to 1940. (NQ)

Describes the historical and social events which accompanied the rise of the agricultural advisor in France. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Agricultural labor employment is reported by crop, by type of worker, by activity, by peak period of employment in each State, by State of origin, and by wage per unit in each crop activity. (MS)

Survey of 2510 Hispanic migrant workers gathered demographic data, assessed needs, and questioned respondents as to knowledge of, participation in, and complaints about CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs. Journal availability: see RC 503 518. (DS)

The Rural Development Center (Salinas, California) trains farmworkers in the business and science of farming. The nonprofit program provides a rigorous course in agronomy, farm management, organic certification, and produce marketing to primarily Mexican American farm laborers, followed by a 3-year "apprenticeship" on leased land, and…

Context: Pesticide exposure is an important environmental and occupational health risk for agricultural workers and their families, but health care providers receive little training in it. Objective: To evaluate the medical resources available to providers caring for patients, particularly farmworkers, exposed to pesticides and to recommend a…

This report examines the demographic and employment characteristics, geographic distribution, and earnings of the agricultural work force in the United States as of 1985. Data are from the Agricultural Work Force Supplement to the December 1985 Current Population Survey. The three components of the agricultural work force--hired farmworkers, farm…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON MIGRATORY LABOR ARE TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVED CONDITIONS FOR MIGRATORY WORKERS TO MIGRATE BY STABILIZING AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD RESOLVING PROBLEMS OF CAMP HOUSING, SAFE TRANSPORTATION, ADEQUATE EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES, EXTENSION OF LABOR LAWS TO AGRICULTURAL…

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM PLACEMENT PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED. INCLUDED ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, THE LOCAL LEVELS, THE STATE FARM LABOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PLANNING AND OPERATING METHODS USED BY FARM PLACEMENT PERSONNEL IN MEETING FARM LABOR NEEDS. MAJOR CROP ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO COTTON AND VEGETABLES. THE LABOR FORCE IS…

EARLY ATTEMPTS DURING THE 20TH CENTURY TO ORGANIZE FARM WORKERS, TO GAIN WAGE INCREASES, AND TO SECURE EMPLOYER RECOGNITION OF A UNION AS THE WORKERS' AGENT FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FAILED. AN ESTIMATED 380 AGRICULTURAL STRIKES INVOLVED OVER 200,000 WORKERS IN 33 STATES BETWEEN 1930 AND 1948. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, ENACTED AS A RESULT…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO LOCATE MIGRANT CHILDREN IN DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS, CATALOG THEIR MOVEMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS, AND DEFINE THEIR EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. A MIGRANT CHILD WAS DEFINED AS A PERSON BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 17, WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS EARNED THEIR LIVELIHOOD IN SOME TYPE OF AGRICULTURAL…