Reviews the data obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in reply to a special question asked in the March 1971 monthly population survey about union membership to describe the extent of unionism among black workers and to find interrelationships between union membership, unemployment and earnings. (Author/AM)

Comparison of black and white men in the experienced civilian labor force between 1972 and 1973 shows that race and class have become less important in the occupational hierarchy. Statistical tables are included. (ND)

Native and working class history has heretofore been either neglected or misrepresented in standard student books. Although books from a working class perspective are scarce, teachers can dig out this history for themselves. A few suggestions are given here for teachers and several available books in Canada are listed. (SM)

Reports in part the result of an interview study of 50 Cuban workers newly arrived in Chicago; includes the attitudes of working-class whites, the attitudes of low-status blacks and mulattos, and the generalized attitudes towards discussion of race and class discrimination. (JM)

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)

The terms, workers' education, labor education, and labor studies, reflect historical periods differing in curriculum content, student body, and basic objectives. (MV)

Data collected from 66 managers in Tennessee tourist attractions indicate that 53 percent of seasonal workers in Tennessee come from the school system. The proposal to implement year-round schools would drastically increase the tourism industry's labor shortage. An alternative labor force needs to be identified and the issue of year-round schools…

The introduction of cash cropping in the Solomon Islands and Tonga has had negative effects on women, leading to deterioration in their status, decreased leisure time, fewer opportunities to earn cash, increased birth rate (to help with the increased workload), and more sharply defined sex roles. (SV)

Discusses ideologies of language and the division of labor in nineteenth century Wales, where the slate quarries drew their labor exclusively from monoglot Welsh populations. The division between labor and capital in these quarries correlated to a virtually categorical linguistic opposition between Welsh quarriers and English owners, with the…

This directory provides information on federal programs and national organizations that serve migrant farmworkers and their families. Specifically, the directory lists programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Justice, and Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The directory also…

The 4.7 million Chicanos in the Southwest in 1970 contributed significantly to the local labor supply; yet, they had substantially smaller incomes and greater unemployment than area Anglos. Although Chicanos have moved steadily from unskilled to skilled labor occupations and have entered white collar occupations, they continue to be employed in…