Out of Sight, Out of Mind: An Update on Migrant Farmworker Issues in Today's Agricultural Labor Market
Author: Dement, Edward F.
Date Published: 1985
Although much has been said and written on the subject of migratory agricultural workers in recent decades, the National Governors' Association's Committee on Human Resources has identified the need for better, more up-to-date information on the conditions affecting these individuals, their human service needs, their employment opportunities, and the responses of various states toward alleviating the myriad of problems they face. To satisfy these information requirements, the Association has commissioned this brief, containing relevant and current information on migrant farmworkers and the hardships they encounter plus a concluding section on major unresolved issues and proposed solutions. Findings in this document were extracted and synthesized from a wide range of studies and field reports compiled during the past decade by a host of state and federal agencies, private research firms, and various recognized experts in the fields of agricultural economics, farmworker advocacy, program service delivery, and other disciplines. In addition, telephone interviews were conducted to obtain supplementary material from a number of authors, researchers, and informed observers of migratory agricultural workers nationally. This brief will be shared with participants and used as a working document for background and discussion purposes in a series of three upcoming conferences on migrant farmworker issues to be held during April-May 1985, with one to be conducted in each of the nation's three traditional migrant streams.
Date Published: 1985
Although much has been said and written on the subject of migratory agricultural workers in recent decades, the National Governors' Association's Committee on Human Resources has identified the need for better, more up-to-date information on the conditions affecting these individuals, their human service needs, their employment opportunities, and the responses of various states toward alleviating the myriad of problems they face. To satisfy these information requirements, the Association has commissioned this brief, containing relevant and current information on migrant farmworkers and the hardships they encounter plus a concluding section on major unresolved issues and proposed solutions. Findings in this document were extracted and synthesized from a wide range of studies and field reports compiled during the past decade by a host of state and federal agencies, private research firms, and various recognized experts in the fields of agricultural economics, farmworker advocacy, program service delivery, and other disciplines. In addition, telephone interviews were conducted to obtain supplementary material from a number of authors, researchers, and informed observers of migratory agricultural workers nationally. This brief will be shared with participants and used as a working document for background and discussion purposes in a series of three upcoming conferences on migrant farmworker issues to be held during April-May 1985, with one to be conducted in each of the nation's three traditional migrant streams.
