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Butterer, Clifford E. – 1969
A census of migrants residing in camps and housing facilities in 8 western New York State counties was conducted in 1968. A sample data form was sent to each known grower or owner before meeting with them. Where meetings could not be arranged, information was pieced together from other sources and reported as an estimate. Information for each…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures, Housing
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1978
Describes Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) proposed guidelines for laboratories using chemical carcinogens. The guidelines are designed to provide protection for laboratory workers and their environment from exposure to all types of carcinogenic agents. (GA)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Employees, Environment, Guidelines
Halsell, Grace – Agenda, 1978
Each year, families travel north from the Texas-Mexico border to New York State to plant and clip celery and onions. These migrants suffer from poor health care, have poor housing, sanitation facilities, and education, and work long hours in the fields. (NQ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Labor Conditions, Life Style
Labour Education, 1975
Education specialists from Latin America met in Lima (1) to determine workers' educational needs arising from management participation and (2) to identify the programs and methods which would fulfill those needs. Both concerns are the topics of the discussion. (BP)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries, Labor Education
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West, Gina A. – University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1976
Two recent decisions by federal courts of appeals bring into focus the competing policy considerations underlying administrative adjudication and the right to a jury trial. In both cases the safety regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act were violated. (LBH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Justice
Harris, Michael H. – Library Journal, 1976
We are now witnessing what I prefer to call the decline of the democratic dogma in this country; the people seem to be losing their unmitigated faith in the basic and most cherished of American beliefs; their faith in the value of universal public enlightenment. (Author)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Democratic Values, Equal Education, Financial Support
Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Automation, Employment Opportunities, Farm Labor
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Stockburger, Cassandra – New Generation, 1972
The author, who is Director of the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, reviews the history of child farm labor and the development of legal protection for them. (DM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Educationally Disadvantaged
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O'Hara, James G. – New Generation, 1972
A Congressman recounts hearings and legislative progress relative to a House bill which he introduced in 1971 to ban child labor in agriculture altogether. (DM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Health Needs
Reynolds, Mary B. – Wilson Libr Bull, 1970
The seven libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library System (California) used LSCA funds to establish a bookmobile project to reach farm laborers and migrant workers. (JB)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bookmobiles, Library Services, Mexican Americans
Holt, James S. – Manpower, 1971
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Federal Legislation, Poverty
Boggs, James; Boggs, Grace Lee – Negro Digest, 1970
Emphasizes the inadequacy of the Kerner Commission Report on Civil Disorders in failing to cite those held responsible for racist oppression and perpetuation of the capitalist system. (KG)
Descriptors: Black History, Black Power, Blacks, Labor Economics
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Galarza, Ernesto – Integrated Education, 1971
Short excerpts from author's testimony before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, on July 28, 1969. (RJ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Latin American Culture, Mexican American History, Mexican Americans
Gomez-Q., Juan; Weber, Devera Anne – Aztlan Chicano J Soc Sci Arts, 1970
Descriptors: Activism, Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, History
Skraba, Phillip J. – Farmworker Journal, 1978
Conducted in Larimer County, Colorado, the study examined where the farmworker population can be found during the agricultural season and whether there will be a demand for their labor in the future. (NQ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production, Automation, Data Collection
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