|
NAWS
Reports on Farmworker Demographics
Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey
(NAWS) 2001 - 2002.
A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farm
Workers. U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Policy, Office of Programmatic Policy, Research Report No. 9.
March 2005.
Previous reports
are here.
USDA
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) Reports
The USDA NASS
quarterly report on farm labor includes the survey of farm wages on
which the DOL bases its H-2A adverse effect wage rate. All
NASS reports are available free
of charge on the internet. The most recent National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports on hired farmworkers
are
available here.
Bracero Workers
Information about
the Bracero Program can be found on these webpages:
 Centro
de Trabajadores Agricolas Fronterizos (CTAF) / Sin Fronteras
Organizing Project. Also check out
their page on
Braceros.
The
Smithsonian's Bracero History Project
The
law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein is handling a class
action for Braceros who are trying to recoup lost wages. There is
more information on
their website.
Legislation
Congress's Website "Thomas" allows you to read this proposed legislation and other materials. To go
to the page that leads you to legislation and other materials, click
on the following address:
http://thomas.loc.gov
Reports and News on
Immigration and Labor Rights addressing Farmworkers
FJ
Report: Litany of Abuses: Why we need more --not fewer-- protections
in the H-2A Guestworker Program
Commission for
Labor Cooperation
The
Pineros/Men of the Pines,
by Tom Knudson and Hector Amezcua, the Sacramento Bee, November
2005
Rural
Migration News at the University
of California, Davis
Sarasota/Manatee
Farmworker Supporters
Department of Labor wage and hour information
Department of
Labor state minimum wage information
For
links to other organizations please see
our Links page.
|
