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Download full textMichigan State Dept. of Labor, Detroit. Michigan Employment Security Commission. – 1972
Services provided by the Rural Manpower Service to 23 Michigan counties were described in this report. Services included those provided by the special projects, Operation Hitchhike and the Mobility Facilitator Unit. Major topics were program highlights, public relations, wages and earnings, rural manpower services, major crops, and employment and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Community Support, Employment Services, Field Crops
Myers, Robin, Comp. – 1965
The problems of agricultural laborers were discussed in this report on the public hearings held by the National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor. Problems were identified in the areas of wages of farm workers, labor standards and labor shortages, welfare, marginal farmers, Federal aid, public assistance in rural areas, family farmers, and the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Automation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Runyan, Jack L. – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1995
Census data reveal that during the period from 1990 to 1993, the number of hired farmworkers declined; farmworkers were likely to be young, male, and Hispanic, and to have only a limited education; over half of farmworkers had not graduated from high school; and farmworkers' earnings were significantly lower when compared to other workers.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Michigan State Dept. of Labor, Detroit. Michigan Employment Security Commission. – 1973
The 1973 annual report describes services provided by the Rural Manpower Service (RMS) to 63 Michigan counties. Section I describes the organization of the RMS, and its 2 special projects -- Operation Hitchhike, and the National Migrant Worker Program (formerly the Mobility Facilitator Unit). Section II gives rural area demographic data and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Community Support, Demography
Preston-Anderson, Andrea; Weseman, Marcus – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1983
Explains some socioeconomic problems of farmworkers. Explains a Training and Technology project to train economically disadvantaged Southern farmworkers for industrial jobs. Examines the project's long-term effects on employment, wage rates, and quality of life of 118 participants. Discusses implications for rural social workers serving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Employment Level, Industrial Education
Kelly, Philip L. – 1979
Observations and recollections of Mexican workers, smuggled illegally to farms in southern Colorado, resulted in this account of their attitudes toward work conditions, pay and benefits, leisure activities, feelings of insecurity, and their aspirations. Backgrounds of the 30 aliens interviewed coincided with available statistics on illegal Mexican…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Aspiration, Attitudes, Braceros
