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Oregon State Dept. of Employment, Salem. – 1973
With increasing national and regional emphasis on serving the needs of rural people, especially migrants and farmworkers, increased effort was expended to provide services as effectively as possible. Problems remain, however, in clearly identifying and tallying these services so that efforts to provide equal access can reach all of the rural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems, Human Services
METZLER, WILLIAM H. – 1962
PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANTS INCLUDE THEIR LACK OF DESIRE TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND TO ADJUST TO NEW SITUATIONS, THEIR NEED TO MIGRATE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT DURING CERTAIN OFF-SEASONS, THEIR LACK OF TRAINING FOR MANY KINDS OF JOBS, THEIR PREJUDICED ATTITUDE TOWARD JOBS MAINLY PERFORMED BY FOREIGN OR COLORED WORKERS, THEIR TENDENCY TO LEAVE A JOB WHEN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Automation, Employment Potential, Migrants
DOUGLASS, M.R.; AND OTHERS – 1962
CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SEASONAL FARM WORKERS AND MIGRANTS IN COLORADO ARE PRESENTED. THE FIVE MAJOR SEASONAL FARM LABOR STATE EMPLOYMENT AREAS ARE SURVEYED ACCORDING TO (1) THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SEASONAL FARM LABOR (4) TRENDS IN AGRICULTURAL ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, (5) COMMUNITY ATTITUDES AND…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Health Needs, Migrant Housing
Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Foreign Workers
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Nagi, Mostafa H. – Rural Sociology, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Developing Nations, Rural Areas
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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
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Earle, Carville; Bennett, Sari – Journal of Geography, 1983
A cartographic description of American worker protest from 1880 to 1981 highlights three changes in the geographical structure of worker protest: a cyclical-geographical realignment of worker protest, two regions susceptible to protest during the third cycle, and the geographical retreat of anti-strike traditions during the past century.…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Laborers, Maps, Social Science Research
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Neuman, George A.; Bolin, Aaron U.; Briggs, Thomas E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2000
High school seniors (n=474), high school freshmen (n=1,153), salespersons (n=374), sheet metal workers (n=148), sheet metal applicants (n=424), and carpenter applicants (n=279) were used to test the short-form Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB). The development of the short-form BAB indicates comparable results to the long-form BAB in terms of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Laborers, Measures (Individuals), Reliability
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Jaffee, Daniel; Kloppenburg, Jack R.; Monroy, Mario B. – Rural Sociology, 2004
Fair trade is typically understood as an alternative market system that aims to right historically inequitable terms of trade between the geopolitical North and South and foster more direct producer/consumer linkages. We suggest that a more expansive application of the term "fair trade" to encompass agro-food initiatives within the North and South…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Laborers, International Trade
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Lyons-Barrett, Mary – Great Plains Quarterly, 2005
Children working in agriculture have always been a part of the rural culture and work ethos of the United States, especially on the Great Plains. Many teenagers still detassel corn or walk the beans in the summer months to earn spending money or money for college. But what about the children who work as migrant laborers in commercialized…
Descriptors: Laborers, Agriculture, Child Labor, Migrant Children
Hadley, Sierd – Online Submission, 2010
This paper draws together research on seasonality, child labour and education in the context of primary education in sub-Saharan Africa. It describes how income poverty and demand for labour can fluctuate within and between years, affecting participation and progression through school systems. It highlights how analysis of the private and public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Migration, Poverty
King, Paul R. – 1971
The study's purpose was to compile descriptive information about a small band of Algonquin Indian seasonal agricultural workers from Quebec, Canada who migrate annually into Ontario County, New York to work on the fur and poultry farms. Although these Indians have worked in the State since 1945, no "serious" study had been made which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American Indians, Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Awareness
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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
Adams, Leonard P.; And Others – 1967
In an effort to understand the nationwide problem of recruitment, training, and retention of farm workers, 28 representative New York farm operators with a reputation for success in dealing with hired workers were interviewed in the summer of 1966. Information obtained included personal and educational characteristics, attitudes and aspirations,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
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Avery, Kevin T. – Journal of School Health, 1975
Descriptors: Dental Evaluation, Dental Health, Migrant Children, Seasonal Laborers
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