Domestic And Imported Workers In The Harvest Labor Market
Author: Fuller, V.
Date Published: 1956
This study attempts to examine why the United States imports farm laborers, particularly from Mexico, at a higher rate after World War II than it did during the war, especially when the country has a significant labor unemployment rate. Researchers surveyed farmers, farm laborers and farm agencies in Santa Clara County in California in order to determine if local citizens could do more of the work needed by farms or if the import of Mexican laborers is necessary. Final evidence finds that farm labor is in large part, a seasonal occupation and findings suggest that major citizen sources of seasonal labor are not attached to the farm labor force, principally because they have a general desire to obtain non-farm jobs.
Date Published: 1956
This study attempts to examine why the United States imports farm laborers, particularly from Mexico, at a higher rate after World War II than it did during the war, especially when the country has a significant labor unemployment rate. Researchers surveyed farmers, farm laborers and farm agencies in Santa Clara County in California in order to determine if local citizens could do more of the work needed by farms or if the import of Mexican laborers is necessary. Final evidence finds that farm labor is in large part, a seasonal occupation and findings suggest that major citizen sources of seasonal labor are not attached to the farm labor force, principally because they have a general desire to obtain non-farm jobs.
