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MCCLAY, DAVID R. – 1966
A REDUCTION OF THE FOREIGN FARM WORK FORCE IN CALIFORNIA AND SUBSEQUENT INCREASE OF THE DOMESTIC WORK FORCE CREATED A NEED FOR TRAINING FARM FOREMEN. DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE GUIDE AND A WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS PRECEDED THE 24 COURSES CONDUCTED TO TRAIN 420 FOREMEN WHO SUPERVISED 20,000 WORKERS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE IF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Crew Leaders
1965
THE NEED FOR LARGE NUMBERS OF FARM WORKERS FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE CULTIVATION AND HARVESTING OF CROPS IN WIDELY SEPARATED AREAS RESULTS IN A MIGRATORY WORK FORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 400,000 PERSONS EACH YEAR. MIGRANTS ARE EMPLOYED TO AVOID LOSSES OF PERISHABLE CROPS IN THE FIELDS, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOOD WEATHER OR TO FORESTALL LOSSES DUE TO…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Crew Leaders, Employment Services, Farm Labor
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
Federal programs, designed to improve the living conditions of migrant and other seasonal farmworkers in 6 agricultural areas in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, Texas, and Washington, were assessed by the General Accounting Office. In fiscal years 1966-70, the government provided about $400 million in grants and loans to assist these…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Day Care, Education, Federal Aid
Sellers, Walter E., Jr. – 1970
Such factors as type of farm, farm production region, and farm size affect the percentage of farms hiring workers, the number of hours worked by hired workers, the length of the farm workweek, and the hours of labor used per $100 of sales. Labor costs and shortages most directly affected farms that sold $20,000 or more of farm products in 1964 and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Farm Labor
Rural Manpower Developments, 1973
The heavy spring rains of 1973 led to delays and reduced acreage in planting, resulting in a sharp decline in vegetable and cotton employment. Seasonal farmworker job levels are reported by state and activity. (MS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production, Climate, Crop Processing Occupations
Rao, Pamela; Quandt, Sara A.; Doran, Alicia M.; Snively, Beverly M.; Arcury, Thomas A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
Pesticide exposure has been linked with immediate and delayed health effects. Anyone who lives in a farmworker household may be exposed to pesticides. Studies with farmworkers have found generally low levels of awareness of pesticide exposure and prevention. Less is known about the perceptions of nonfarmworkers living with farmworkers. This…
Descriptors: Health Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Poisoning, Child Health
McElroy, Robert C. – 1972
Information is given on the size and composition of the 1971 hired farm working force (HFWF) and on the employment and cash earnings from farm and nonfarm wagework obtained during the year. Data were obtained from a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census as a supplementary part of the regular Current Population Survey made in December 1971.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment, Employment Statistics, Farm Labor
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. – 1968
Requested by the governor of Oregon, this 1968 report focuses on seasonal agricultural labor in Oregon. The task force, appointed by the president of Oregon State University, reported on the following areas: (1) the problem in terms of potential unionization, population trends, existing state programs and agencies for the migrants; (2) regulations…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Early Childhood Education, Housing Deficiencies, Legislation
American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA. – 1971
A special project, undertaken to furnish some of the hard facts on child labor in agriculture in the summer of 1970, resulted in publication of this report. Part I of the report discusses society's attitudes toward agricultural workers, laws about the use of children as industrial laborers, work activities (with definitions of work for the various…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Field Crops, Health
Du Plessis, Pierre; Conley, Lloyd – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
Poverty is one of the major threats to the realization of children's rights worldwide and in South Africa. Currently, 66% of South African children live in severe poverty. This places all other rights at risk; the rights guaranteed by the South African Constitution and by the UN Convention. Poverty and inequality in South Africa continue to…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Poverty, Childrens Rights, Children
Weber, David O. – 1970
In 1970, the Farm Workers Health Service, which was begun in 1961, included 33 decentralized medical clinics which served 24,000 seasonal farm workers and their families in 17 counties during the peak harvest months. Seventeen clinics offered year-round general medical services, and in 12 counties free medical and dental care was available to farm…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Clinics, Farm Labor
Rural Manpower Developments, 1973
Arizona Job Colleges, Inc. attempts to ease the transition to nonfarm employment for seasonal farmworkers by motivating entire families to achieve economic self-sufficiency. (MS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Family Counseling, Family Programs, Farm Labor

Rao, Pamela; Arcury, Thomas A.; Quandt, Sara A. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
Involving students in community-based participatory research is a useful mechanism for engaging the community and helping it build future capacity. This article describes student involvement in a series of community-based environmental health research projects with migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina. High school, undergraduate,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Cultural Context, Seasonal Laborers
Cohn, Nancy; Raphael, David – 1977
The health needs of the approximately three million migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families are clearly among the greatest needs of any population group in the country. In 1962 the Migrant Health Act became the first legislation intended to address some of the health needs of migrants. By 1976 Migrant Health Centers had served 415,000…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Health Needs
Rowe, Gene A.; Smith, Leslie Whitener – 1974
Information on the size, composition, and family income of farm wageworker households (any household with at least 1 person 14 years of age or over who performed farm wagework at any time during the year, even if for only 1 day) in 1971 is presented. Households were classified as: (1) regular--households with at least 1 member who performed 150…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Comparative Analysis, Economics, Employment Patterns