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Community Health Service (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. – 1972
Health service centers providing health care to migrants are listed by state in this booklet. A code system describes the services provided by the projects. Information listed for each project includes the project name, location, grantee, director, telephone number, service sites, services offered, periods during which the services are offered,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Clinics, Community Organizations, Health Programs

Ryan, Vernon D.; Warland, Rex H. – Rural Sociology, 1978
Generally, the findings showed that blacks earn more if they have a wife and child. The effect of the marital position on earning was significantly lower for blacks than whites. No difference was found in the case of parental position. (AUTHOR/EDE)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Economic Status, Family Status
Rose, Cynthia – Agenda, 1978
The 1977 conference of the National Association of Farmworker Organizations (NAFO) centered on the broad spectrum of administrative and legislative areas affecting farmworkers that need policy decisions and directions: labor, immigration, education, health, data/census, hunger/nutrition, rural development, and energy. The forums formulated…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agricultural Laborers, Dropouts, Migrant Workers

Szymanski, Albert – American Sociological Review, 1976
Examines the question of whether or not whites gain economically from economic discrimination against Third World people with evidence from the 1970 U.S. census. It is found that whites do not gain from economic discrimination; on the contrary, white working people actually lose economically from such discrimination. It is argues that racism is a…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employment Opportunities, Income, Laborers
Small, Sylvia – Ethnicity, 1976
Reviews the data obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in reply to a special question asked in the March 1971 monthly population survey about union membership to describe the extent of unionism among black workers and to find interrelationships between union membership, unemployment and earnings. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Black Influences, Blacks, Comparative Analysis

Featherman, David L.; Hauser, Robert M. – American Journal of Sociology, 1976
Comparison of black and white men in the experienced civilian labor force between 1972 and 1973 shows that race and class have become less important in the occupational hierarchy. Statistical tables are included. (ND)
Descriptors: Labor Force, Laborers, Racial Balance, Racial Distribution
Davis, Bob – This Magazine, 1973
Native and working class history has heretofore been either neglected or misrepresented in standard student books. Although books from a working class perspective are scarce, teachers can dig out this history for themselves. A few suggestions are given here for teachers and several available books in Canada are listed. (SM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bias, Elementary Education, Historical Criticism
Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Labor Force, Labor Force Nonparticipants
Abramson, Paul – American School and University, 1972
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Expenditure per Student, Laborers, National Surveys
Fox, Geoffrey E. – Trans-action, 1971
Reports in part the result of an interview study of 50 Cuban workers newly arrived in Chicago; includes the attitudes of working-class whites, the attitudes of low-status blacks and mulattos, and the generalized attitudes towards discussion of race and class discrimination. (JM)
Descriptors: Bias, Cubans, Immigrants, Interviews
Snyder, Eldon F.; Perry, Joseph B., Jr. – Rural Sociol, 1970
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Background, Employer Attitudes, Mexican Americans
Mestas, Leonard J. – Farmworker Journal, 1978
The Panel concluded that, despite the several billions of dollars spent by the federal government over the past 15 years, American farmworkers and their families still live and work under conditions which are cruel and harsh by any standard. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Coordination, Federal Programs
Breiter, Toni – Agenda, 1977
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American History, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged

Dwyer, Richard – Review of Educational Research, 1977
The terms, workers' education, labor education, and labor studies, reflect historical periods differing in curriculum content, student body, and basic objectives. (MV)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational History, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education
Pickeral, Lyn M.; Hubbard, Susan – Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, 2002
Data collected from 66 managers in Tennessee tourist attractions indicate that 53 percent of seasonal workers in Tennessee come from the school system. The proposal to implement year-round schools would drastically increase the tourism industry's labor shortage. An alternative labor force needs to be identified and the issue of year-round schools…
Descriptors: High School Students, Hospitality Occupations, Labor Needs, Seasonal Laborers