Account of a family-life film-lecture series for poor farm laborers, primarily men. Some of the topics discussed were: priorities in human needs, family communications, sexuality, family planning and masculine and feminine roles. The program improved the men's ability to communicate and made them more receptive to counseling. (Authors/JB)

This report relates to union workers in five cities, and gives a picture of how the young worker feels about his job, his employer, and his union. (DM)

Holds that some blue/collar workers are at least as critical of the factory as students are of the multiversity." (DM)

Discusses the use of higher education for social defense, moral improvement, and working-class acculturation in 19th-century France. (RM)

In 1971 the methods of estimating the migrant population were critically analyzed. This article contains that analysis and includes a standardized review (background, definition, methodology, and critique) for each agency examined. Includes a discussion of findings, and a listing of sources used in developing that report. (Author/NQ)

The nature of the causal relationship between life and job satisfaction in males and females working in a variety of jobs was investigated. Results suggest that the life satisfaction causes job satisfaction hypothesis is more tenable than the reverse. (Author)

The multitrait-multimethod matrix technique was used to help clarify ambiguities regarding concepts of work alienation, job satisfaction, and the relationships between them. The discrimination between alienation and satisfaction measures was no greater than that among satisfaction and among alienation. (Author)

Patterns of female labor force participation in five areas of Colombia are examined. Using recent survey data, these patterns are first related to frequently suggested demographic and economic variables. Then the impact of cultural mores as reflected in five characteristic family types, is explored. (Author)

A survey of 32 displaced agricultural workers and 19 prospective employers identified the education and training perceived necessary by both groups to gain employment in desired occupations. Results indicate that educational efforts should teach problem-solving and decision-making skills as well as technical skills. (CH)

Since 1955, the British banana industry has dominated the lives of the Caribs and other peoples in Dominica. Banana growing supplants other economic activities, including local food production; toxic chemicals and fertilizers pollute the land; community is dwindling; suicide is common; and child labor diminishes school attendance. (SV)

The Mexican Farm Labor Program brought in an unprecedented number of Mexican workers to perform harvesting jobs in U.S. agriculture between 1942 and 1964. A political economy perspective is used to examine the process by which U.S. agriculture has come to depend on Mexican workers.