Promise unfulfilled : unions, immigration and the farm workers /

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In 1975, after vigorous campaigning by the United Farm Workers union, the state of California passed the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA), a pioneering self-help strategy granting farm workers the right to organize into unions. A quarter century later, only a tiny percentage of farm workers i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, Philip L., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > California.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Law and legislation > California.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign > California.
Travailleurs agricoles > Syndicats > Californie.
Travailleurs agricoles > Syndicats > Droit > Californie.
Travailleurs agricoles étrangers > Californie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Law and legislation.
California.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue--what went wrong?
  • California farm labor
  • History of farm labor
  • Farm worker unions
  • The ALRA, ALRB, and elections
  • Employer and union unfair labor practices
  • Strikes and remedies
  • Nontraditional farm worker unions
  • Immigration and agriculture.

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