Implementation of the Helsinki Accords: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States
Author: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Date Published: 1993
This comprehensive report is a compilation of the proceedings of an materials produced by the Commission's project on migrant labor, which included fact-finding missions to agricultural regions of the American south and west. These missions included meetings with various government officials, farmworker advocates and service providers, and farmworkers and employers. Labor camps, health, housing, and other facilities utilized by migrant farmworkers were also examined. This project also included a series of public briefings examining specific segments of the farmworker population and areas of concern. These briefings included an overview of farm labor economics, demographics, and living conditions, and examined relevant government operated programs; focused upon health and safety areas, including the effects of pesticides on agricultural labor and consumers; highlighted farmworker children's issues, including education and daycare; studied the difficult challenges facing farmworker women and their families; and explored possible strategies for addressing problems facing farmworkers, their families, and their employers.
Date Published: 1993
This comprehensive report is a compilation of the proceedings of an materials produced by the Commission's project on migrant labor, which included fact-finding missions to agricultural regions of the American south and west. These missions included meetings with various government officials, farmworker advocates and service providers, and farmworkers and employers. Labor camps, health, housing, and other facilities utilized by migrant farmworkers were also examined. This project also included a series of public briefings examining specific segments of the farmworker population and areas of concern. These briefings included an overview of farm labor economics, demographics, and living conditions, and examined relevant government operated programs; focused upon health and safety areas, including the effects of pesticides on agricultural labor and consumers; highlighted farmworker children's issues, including education and daycare; studied the difficult challenges facing farmworker women and their families; and explored possible strategies for addressing problems facing farmworkers, their families, and their employers.
