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Stanford Univ., CA. ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. – 1975
Twenty-nine items represent the best of the materials in the national ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system dealing with library services to migrant and farm worker communities. Publications from 1969 to March 1975 in this specialty area are included. The materials are presented in computer print-out format and include citations…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Libraries, Library Services
Orton, Eliot Smith – 1971
This report examines the wages and quality of a sample of new hires by large firms (over 500 employees) over a period of seven years. In manual occupations workers with fully qualifying work experience were found to receive entry wages not significantly different from entry wages received by workers with no previous work experience. This placed…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Entry Workers, Labor Market
McElroy, Robert C. – 1970
The 1969 hired farm working force (HFWF) consisted of about 2.6 million persons 14 years of age and over who did some farmwork for cash wages during the year. This drop of 12 percent from the 2.9 million in 1968 reflects further utilization of farm labor-saving technology. Members of the 1969 HFWF were mostly young (median age 23), white (77…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment, Farm Labor, Labor Utilization
LaGra, Jerry L.; Barkley, Paul W. – 1970
A selected group of 17 Mexican American families who went to the Othello, Washington, area as migrant agricultural workers and tried to become a part of the resident population were studied to learn something of the earnings and spending habits of ex-migrant Mexican American families in Othello. To obtain accurate data on income and expenses, a…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Expenditures, Family Income, Living Standards
Yates, Veseth S.; Zedeck, Sheldon – 1976
The relationship between satisfaction and need hierarchies as a function of high risk (HR) or low risk (LR) in a job was examined. Results indicated that there were significant differences in satisfaction for a set of 25 job characteristics between HR (N=93) and LR (N=82) workers. In contrast, there were no real differences in need hierarchies for…
Descriptors: Expectation, Job Satisfaction, Laborers, Needs Assessment

Dotson, Floyd; Dotson, Lilliam O. – Rural Sociology, 1978
Analysis shows that Mexican cities typically contain large proportions of agriculturalists, but variation exists by size, regional location, and degree of metropolitanization. Underemployment and a preference for urban living are seen as contributing factors to this phenomenon. (Author/KR)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farmers, Foreign Countries, Industrialization
Halsell, Grace – AGENDA, 1978
Mexican laborers commute to the U.S. to work in California's fields. (NQ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Employment Programs, Foreign Workers

Whitener, Leslie A. – Rural Sociology, 1985
Investigates extent of diversity and segmentation within United States migrant farm labor force by examining differences in migrants' attachment to farmwork. Finds three groups of migrants with differing levels of dependence on agriculture differentiated by demographic (age, minority status, region) and employment (earnings) variables. (NEC)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Farm Labor
Byham, William C. – Training, 1984
The author argues that, as robots begin to take over more and more industrial tasks, the impact on human workers at all levels will increase geometrically and trainers will play a strategic role. (SSH)
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Labor Force Development, Laborers, Trade and Industrial Education
Runyan, Jack L. – 1998
Analyses of data from the 1996 Current Population Survey earnings microdata file examined demographic, earnings, and geographic characteristics of U.S. hired farmworkers. Approximately 906,000 persons aged 15 and older were employed as hired farmworkers each week in 1996, and an additional 72,000 persons were hired as farmworkers as a second job.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Citizenship, Demography, Educational Attainment
Shepherd, W. F. – Training Officer, 1973
The philosophy and workability of the concept of worker participation in management decisions is discussed in the context of British society. It is recommended that four interests be represented in any kind of Workers' Council: management, workers, shareholders, and consumers. (AG)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Conditions, Labor Relations
Smith, Ethel – American Vocational Journal, 1973
The repair of approximately 100 hurricane-damaged homes had several benefits: homes of hardship'' cases were repaired for the cost of materials; students from area vocational-technical schools received on-the-job training, apprentice training credit, and experience in a work group; and labor saw the value of vocational programs. (AG)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Building Trades, Construction Programs, Labor Standards
Mason, Philip – Manpower, 1974
A comprehensive Manpower Administration for employers (Production Employment of the Disadvantaged: Guidelines for Action) makes use of examples drawn from the varied experiences of JOBS employers in training disadvantaged workers. An unexpected bonus of the program has been the impact of their experiences on regular hiring, training and personnel…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Labor Force Development, Laborers
Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Farm Occupations

Mayhew, Leonard; Fols, Douglas – New Generation, 1972
This two-part article reports an investigation by the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children and its role in correcting illegal and exploitive practices of a school in Louisiana attended by migrant children. (DM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Educationally Disadvantaged, Labor Legislation