Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness, Part 3A, Efforts to Organize
Author: Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, 91st Congress
Date Published: 1969
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., during the 91st Congress on "Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness." The theme for the entire series of hearings is powerlessness. The subcommittee examining the depth of powerlessness among migrants, and the reasons for it. These hearings are designed to explore the extent to which migrant workers are powerless to influence decisions in both their home base communities and in so-called user states. The subcommittee is examining the degree to which, and the ways in which, migrant and seasonal farmworkers are deprived of political power, deprived of economic power, deprived of cultural identity or pride, deprived of rights or privileges that most Americans take for granted. These hearings concentrate on the efforts of migrant and seasonal farmworkers to organize. Witnesses today will discuss current strife surrounding the organizing efforts of farm laborers in the grape industry in California.
Date Published: 1969
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., during the 91st Congress on "Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness." The theme for the entire series of hearings is powerlessness. The subcommittee examining the depth of powerlessness among migrants, and the reasons for it. These hearings are designed to explore the extent to which migrant workers are powerless to influence decisions in both their home base communities and in so-called user states. The subcommittee is examining the degree to which, and the ways in which, migrant and seasonal farmworkers are deprived of political power, deprived of economic power, deprived of cultural identity or pride, deprived of rights or privileges that most Americans take for granted. These hearings concentrate on the efforts of migrant and seasonal farmworkers to organize. Witnesses today will discuss current strife surrounding the organizing efforts of farm laborers in the grape industry in California.
