Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture

Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture (Voice of Witness)

Lives from an invisible communityâ€”the migrant farmworkers of the United States

The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of Californiaâ€™s migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workersâ€™ grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and â€™70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in Californiaâ€™s fieldsâ€”one third of the nationâ€™s agricultural work forceâ€”are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in Californiaâ€™s fields, as real people struggle to win new opportunities for future generations.

Among the narrators:

Maricruz, a single mother fired from a packing plant after filing a sexual assault complaint against her supervisor.

Roberto, a vineyard laborer in the scorching Coachella Valley who became an advocate for more humane working conditions after his teenage son almost died of heatstroke.

Oscar, an elementary school teacher in Salinas who wants to free his students from a life in the fields, the fate that once awaited him as a child.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2017-05-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781786632210

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso Books
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2017-05-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781786632210

Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture (Voice of Witness)

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