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Nagi, Mostafa H. – Rural Sociology, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Developing Nations, Rural Areas

Omishakin, M. Ademola – Phylon, 1982
Presents results of a survey on housing conditions, knowledge of health hazards, use of health facilities, and health needs among Black agricultural workers in Leflore County, Mississippi. Indicates the need for health education, better medical coverage, and community involvement in health care delivery, to improve health conditions in the county.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Health Education, Health Needs
Gutierrez, Ramon A. – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2007
In this article, the author reflects on the events that took place in the year 1972. The author was a junior at the University of New Mexico back then, refusing to eat or buy grapes and lettuce, picketing grocers who did not carry United Farm Workers of America produce. He and his buddies cast their votes against granting Richard Nixon a second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Patriotism, Peace
LENHART, MARGOT WAKEMAN – 1963
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FARM PLACEMENT SERVICE WHICH INCLUDED ORGANIZATION, STAFF, OFFICES, ASSOCIATES AND ADVISORS, AND MEETINGS WAS PRESENTED. AT THE STATE LEVEL, THERE WAS A RISE IN OVERALL CROP PRODUCTION AND A DECREASE IN TOTAL CROPLAND HARVEST. AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, URBAN ENCROACHMENT CHANGED THE NATURE OF PRODUCTION IN SOME AREAS AND…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Practices, Farm Labor, Housing
New York State Interdepartmental Committee on Farm and Food Processing Labor, Albany. – 1963
NUMEROUS PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY NEW YORK STATE TO ASSIST AND TO PROTECT FARMERS, THEIR WORKERS, AND THE PUBLIC. SPECIAL SERVICES AND LAWS SHOW THE NATURE OF THIS ASSISTANCE WITH REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF MIGRANT CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN, SANITARY REGULATIONS FOR FARM LABOR CAMPS, FARM LABOR…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Food Standards, Labor Legislation
Banks, Vera J.; And Others – 1969
Prepared under the direction of the Statistical Review Board, which is composed of members representing agencies of the Department of Agriculture, this handbook provides agricultural statistical information and revisions since Agriculture Handbook No. 118 was issued. Chapter 1 describes information published in "Farm Population Estimates," which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Population Trends, Rural Farm Residents, Statistical Data
Weber, Devra Anne – Aztlan, 1972
The Mexican agricultural strike activity from 1928 to 1934 in Imperial Valley and Los Angeles is examined. (NQ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, History, Mexican Americans, Mexicans
Rural Manpower Developments, 1973
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Level, Seasonal Laborers, Tables (Data)
Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Statistics, Seasonal Employment, Tables (Data)
Lubin, Shami – Opportunity, 1971
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Migrant Employment, Migrant Programs, Migrant Workers
Roth, Herbert – Labour Education, 1990
The labor movement in New Zealand was heavily influenced by British unions and migration policies. Other factors were union opposition to further immigration and the treatment of the Maori people. (SK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Foreign Countries, History, Labor Relations
Dolan, Catherine S. – Rural Sociology, 2004
The fresh vegetables commodity chain linking Kenyan producers with United Kingdom (UK) consumers employs significant numbers of workers in production and processing. This chain is dominated by UK retailers that determine the production imperatives of Kenyan firms upstream in the chain and, indirectly the employment strategies they adopt. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Organizational Change, Agricultural Laborers
Goodis, Tracy Ann – 1986
New immigration legislation imposes civil and criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and requires employers to verify the legal status of every new hire. The law also extends amnesty to possibly millions of undocumented immigrants who entered the United States prior to 1982. In addition, undocumented immigrants…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Agricultural Laborers, Federal Legislation, Foreign Nationals
North, David S. – 1987
This document assesses the preliminary impact of the first year of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). The act had three primary goals: (1) to discourage illegal immigration into the United States and to encourage the departure of recent illegal immigrants; (2) to permit the legalization of illegal immigrants who have been in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Labor Legislation, Labor Market, Statistical Surveys
New York State Interdepartmental Committee on Farm and Food Processing Labor, Albany. – 1961
SEVEN NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THAT THE MIGRANT IS TREATED FAIRLY AND HUMANELY IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, HOUSING, CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, LABOR CONDITIONS, SAFETY, AND EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE GUIDES THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. THE AGENCIES WORK WITH A BODY OF STATE LAW WHICH IS UPDATED…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Community Cooperation, Employer Employee Relationship, Migrants