Chasing the Harvest
Migrant Workers in California Agriculture
Published on 22. May 2017
320 pages
978-1-78663-219-7 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78663-219-7 (9781786632197)
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05/2017
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€24.00
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Person
Gabriel Thompson is an independent journalist who has written for the New York Times, Harper's, New York, Slate, Mother Jones, Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Nation. His articles about labor and immigration have won a number of prizes, including the Studs Terkel Media Award and the Sidney Award. His most recent book is America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: "Look at My Hands"
- Executive Editor's Note
- Maricruz Ladino
- Oscar Ramos
- Roberto Valdez
- Heraclio Astete
- Rosario Pelayo
- Fausto Sanchez
- Jose Saldivar
- Maria Ayala Arroyo, 46 Pedro Ayala Hernandez, 55 Guadalupe Ayala Arroyo, 21
- Ismael Moreno
- Silvia Correra
- Harold Mcclarty
- Maria Elena Durazo
- Rafael Gonzalez Meraz
- Jim Cochran
- Beatriz Machiche
- Appendices
- Appendix I. Timeline of Labor and Agriculture in California
- Appendix II. Glossary
- Appendix III. Legal Protections for California Farmworkers
- Appendix IV. Farmworker Community Organizations
- Appendix V. "Cultivating Fear"
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Editor Biography
