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The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest : Social Change and Adaptation among Migrant Farmworkers / Ernesto M. Reza, W. K. Barger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (295 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292758919
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.5/44/0977 20
LOC classification:
  • HD1527.A14 B37 1994
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Social Reform and Adaptation -- CHAPTER 2 Midwestern Farmworkers -- CHAPTER 3 The FLOC Movement -- CHAPTER 4 The Internal Potentials of the FLOC Movement -- CHAPTER 5 The Social Environment of the FLOC Movement -- CHAPTER 6 FLOC and Social Reform -- CHAPTER 7 Social Adaptation of Midwestern Farmworkers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) was founded by Baldemar Velásquez in 1967 to challenge the poverty and powerlessness that confronted migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. This study documents FLOC's development through its first quarter century and analyzes its effectiveness as a social reform movement. Barger and Reza describe FLOC's founding as a sister organization of the United Farm Workers (UFW). They devote particular attention to FLOC's eight-year struggle (1978-1986) with the Campbell Soup company that led to three-way contracts for improved working conditions between FLOC, Campbell Soup, and Campbell's tomato and cucumber growers in Ohio and Michigan. This contract significantly changed the structure of agribusiness and instituted key reforms in American farm labor. The authors also address the processes of social change involved in FLOC actions. Their findings are based on extensive research among farmworkers, growers, and representatives of agribusiness, as well as personal involvement with FLOC leaders and supporters.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Social Reform and Adaptation -- CHAPTER 2 Midwestern Farmworkers -- CHAPTER 3 The FLOC Movement -- CHAPTER 4 The Internal Potentials of the FLOC Movement -- CHAPTER 5 The Social Environment of the FLOC Movement -- CHAPTER 6 FLOC and Social Reform -- CHAPTER 7 Social Adaptation of Midwestern Farmworkers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) was founded by Baldemar Velásquez in 1967 to challenge the poverty and powerlessness that confronted migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. This study documents FLOC's development through its first quarter century and analyzes its effectiveness as a social reform movement. Barger and Reza describe FLOC's founding as a sister organization of the United Farm Workers (UFW). They devote particular attention to FLOC's eight-year struggle (1978-1986) with the Campbell Soup company that led to three-way contracts for improved working conditions between FLOC, Campbell Soup, and Campbell's tomato and cucumber growers in Ohio and Michigan. This contract significantly changed the structure of agribusiness and instituted key reforms in American farm labor. The authors also address the processes of social change involved in FLOC actions. Their findings are based on extensive research among farmworkers, growers, and representatives of agribusiness, as well as personal involvement with FLOC leaders and supporters.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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