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The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest: Social Change and Adaptation Among Migrant Farmworkers - Couverture souple

Barger, W. K.; Reza, Ernesto M.

 
9780292707979: The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest: Social Change and Adaptation Among Migrant Farmworkers
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0292707975 ISBN 13 : 9780292707979
Editeur : University of Texas Press, 1994

Synopsis

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) was founded by Baldemar Velásquez in 1967 to challenge the poverty and powerlessness that confronted migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. This study documents FLOC's development through its first quarter century and analyzes its effectiveness as a social reform movement.

Barger and Reza describe FLOC's founding as a sister organization of the United Farm Workers (UFW). They devote particular attention to FLOC's eight-year struggle (1978-1986) with the Campbell Soup company that led to three-way contracts for improved working conditions between FLOC, Campbell Soup, and Campbell's tomato and cucumber growers in Ohio and Michigan. This contract significantly changed the structure of agribusiness and instituted key reforms in American farm labor.

The authors also address the processes of social change involved in FLOC actions. Their findings are based on extensive research among farmworkers, growers, and representatives of agribusiness, as well as personal involvement with FLOC leaders and supporters.

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Éditeur
University of Texas Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0292707975
ISBN 13 
9780292707979
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
295
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