Picking the Fruit of Knowledge: Washington Apple Farmworkers, Work, Family, and Politics
Author: Oceguera, Paulina
Date Published: 2005
The main findings were divided into three categories: wages and working conditions, family living conditions, and legal and political status. First, with regard to working conditions, the author encountered studies about how farm workers are living under the poverty level, suffer from low wages and no overtime pay, and incur problems with employers' strategies such as fear of deportation. Second, female farm workers live in circumstances that lead to family separation and in inadequate housing. Lastly, it was found that although the industry needs immigrant labor, these workers lack protection under the law, suffer from low level of education and the lanugage barrier, and are perceived as second-class citizens.