ABSTRACT

The "plight of the California farmworker" has been the main theme of over 100 years of government reports, scholarly writings, and popular literature. Farmworkers were excluded from most of the 1930s legislation which regulated wages and working conditions and recognized that workplace disputes could best be settled by collective bargaining. Scho

chapter Chapter 1|13 pages

Farmworkers in California Agriculture

chapter Chapter 2|11 pages

The Evolution of California Agriculture

chapter Chapter 3|17 pages

Farmworker Unions

chapter Chapter 4|12 pages

The ALRA and ALRB: 1975-1986

chapter Chapter 5|15 pages

Representation Elections

chapter Chapter 6|34 pages

Unfair Labor Practices

chapter Chapter 7|7 pages

Strikes, Boycotts and Pickets

chapter Chapter 8|13 pages

The Future of Farmworker Collective Bargaining