Chasing the Harvest : Migrant Workers in California Agriculture
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Voice of Witness
ISBN-10
1786632217
ISBN-13
9781786632210
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 16th, 2017
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.00 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasSociology: work & labourAgriculture & farming
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Lives from an invisible community-the migrant farmworkers of the United States
More than a million men, women, and children work in American agriculture, and yet their stories are rarely told, their low-wage jobs are not included in minimum-wage ordinances or campaigns, and their work remains unorganized by labor unions. This book of oral histories restores to visibility these workers, by telling stories of hardship but also bravery, solidarity, and improvisation in California's farm fields. The majority of American produce is picked in California, while workers there face wage theft and sexual harassment, pesticide exposure and lack of healthcare, the struggle to find affordable housing, and the special risks endured by the undocumented--as many as half of all farmworkers. The book also tells the story of a new generation of labor activists, who are pressing for a national Bill of Rights for farmworkers.
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