Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness, Part 4A, Farmworker Legal Problems
Author: Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, 91st Congress
Date Published: 1970
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., during the 91st Congress on "Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness." These hearings are designed to examine the legal problems and barriers faced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Attorneys with an intimate knowledge of the practice of law in rural areas will be called on to discuss the legal problems farmworkers confront, and the legal services that are available to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The subcommittee's investigation will extend to legal problems that may be encountered in the coverage of farmworkers under social and worker benefit programs, in the administration of justice in rural areas, and in the exercise of civil rights. Also, specific legal problems such as enforcement of local, State, and Federal laws and codes, access to farm labor camps, allegations of peonage, use of pesticides, residence requirements as barriers to voting and participation in the political process, and licensing and inspection programs will be explored.
Date Published: 1970
The Subcommittee on Migratory Labor conducted public hearings in Washington, D.C., during the 91st Congress on "Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness." These hearings are designed to examine the legal problems and barriers faced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Attorneys with an intimate knowledge of the practice of law in rural areas will be called on to discuss the legal problems farmworkers confront, and the legal services that are available to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The subcommittee's investigation will extend to legal problems that may be encountered in the coverage of farmworkers under social and worker benefit programs, in the administration of justice in rural areas, and in the exercise of civil rights. Also, specific legal problems such as enforcement of local, State, and Federal laws and codes, access to farm labor camps, allegations of peonage, use of pesticides, residence requirements as barriers to voting and participation in the political process, and licensing and inspection programs will be explored.
