Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State

Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State

Author: Linda C. Majka

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Historical account of the social conflict between agricultural workers and agribusiness, and the role of state intervention in California, USA - analyses agricultural trade unionism since 1870, immigration of Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans and Filipinos, and its regulation; examines the economic recession of the 1930s, rise of rural worker organizations, internal migration, and state-enrolled contract labour; reports on the formation of the United Farm Workers and its struggle for trade union recognition, opposition, and state mediation. Bibliography.


Official Congressional Directory

Official Congressional Directory

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher: Joint Committee on Printing

Published: 2012-01-18

Total Pages: 1258

ISBN-13:

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Contains biographies of Senators, members of Congress, and the Judiciary. Also includes committee assignments, maps of Congressional districts, a directory of officials of executive agencies, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web addresses, and other information.


The Union of Their Dreams

The Union of Their Dreams

Author: Miriam Pawel

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-10-06

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1608190994

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Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the San Francisco Chronicle A Los Angeles Times Notable Book


Growth Within Bounds

Growth Within Bounds

Author: California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780756706319

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In 1997 the State of California Legislature created the Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century to review current statutes &, where appropriate, recommend revisions to the laws that govern city, county, and special district boundary changes. Over a period of 16 months, the Commission held 25 days of public hearings, received over 100 recommendations, and had nearly 90,000 visits to the commission's website. Based upon this extensive input and deliberations on the information received, the Commission has issued this report, which concludes with a strategic plan for its implementation by the California Legislature. Illustrated.


The Case Against Immigration

The Case Against Immigration

Author: Roy Howard Beck

Publisher: Roy Beck

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0393039153

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Beck's book redefines a flashpoint issue for America's future and for the 1996 elections, showing how current high immigration--far beyond traditional levels--benefits mainly the rich, and why immigration rates must be drastically lowered to ensure that America remains a society of opportunity for all its citizens, including recent immigrants.


Work and Industry

Work and Industry

Author: Arne L. Kalleberg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1489935207

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Work occupies a pivotal role in the daily activities and over the course of a lifetime of members of modern societies. In anticipation, work influ ences education and training; it has much to do with shaping current earned income and status in the community; and in retrospect, it influ ences retirement income and activities. It is a powerful force affecting personal associations. In our society work is deeply encased in moral and religious values: As Poor Richard says, A Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things. Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour? No, for as Poor Richard says: ... Industry gives Comfort, and Plenty and Respect. Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. But few words have as many different meanings and nuances as "work": to forge or to shape, to stir or to knead, to solve, to exploit, to practice trickery for some end, to excite or to provoke, to persuade or to influence, to toil, and the like. A need for precision in meaning is requisite with respect to work, not only in common discourse, but, even more so, in scholarly communication.


Remembering Cesar

Remembering Cesar

Author: Cindy Wathen

Publisher: Quill Driver Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781884956119

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Collection of remembrances by those who knew Cesar Chavez best the famous, members of the Chavez family, UFW staff and farmworkers themselves.