The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest [electronic resource] : Social Change and Adaptation among Migrant Farmworkers / W.K. Barger and Ernesto M. Reza ; foreword by Baldemar Velásquez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barger, W. K. (Walter Kenneth), 1941-

Contributor:

Reza, Ernesto M. (Ernesto Mendoza)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers--Middle West.

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers.

Migrant agricultural laborers--Middle West.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-75891-X

OCLC:

967550855