2002
Volume 13 Number 2
Labor Rights Take a Hit by John Nagiecki
In a case that has sent shock waves through the immigrant rights community, the Supreme Court recently denied undocumented workers the right to collect back pay from employers who violate certain labor laws. Find out what happened and how some organizations have been responding.
Tamejavi Festival Brings It All Together by Marcus Clarke
Central Valley residents recently came out in droves for a colorful cultural happening that was as entertaining as it was educational.
Passages by David Lighthall
Book Review by John Nagiecki
With These Hands, by Daniel Rithenberg
From the Orchards to the Internet, The National Employment Law Project and Farmworker Justice Fund.
Workers' Legal Right in a post-Hoffman Plastics v. NLRB World Resurrecting Labor Day's Buried Past by Jackie Dana
Many have forgot the history of Labor Day this article brings it back to light.
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Volume 13 Number 1
Details of Direct Marketing by John Nagiecki
Does direct marketing provide an avenue for ethnic minorities and immigrants to start their own farms? This was one of the key questions CIRS sought to answer in its recent direct marketing study. The research also aimed to provide guidance for creating government policies and programs that support small farmers and direct marketers. Find out about the emerging trends in this important area.
Herbicides in the Forest by John Nagiecki
The battle over herbicide use in California forests rages on, with activists winning important court battles to bring the practice to a halt, find out about the challenges ahead.
Going "Direct" for Worker Welfare by David Lighthall
Farmworkers bear the severest burden in the current food system. Find out how altering the farmer-consumer relationship can create opportunities for improving agricultural labor conditions.
Undocumented No More by Lawrence Reichard
Demand for Mexican consular identification has surged recently not only because of 9/11 but for reason's stemming from the card's increased acceptance by institutions and governments north of the border.
Laotian Farmers Create Surge in Sacramento Strawberry Production
Agricultural Worker Health Study Moves Ahead by John Nagiecki
CIRS recently completed the first phase of a study investigating how rural health care institutions and public programs serve farmworker populations in California. Find out about the key issues identified to date.
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2001
Volume 12 Number 3
Portable Medicaid for Farmworkers by Disha Zaidi
Farmworkers face many obstacles in receiving Medicaid benefits, as program coverage is currently not "portable" across state lines. Consequently, many workers often simply drop out of the program. This article presents results of a cost-benefit analysis regarding a Medicaid portability program that would provide transferable coverage for migrants.
Pursuing the Good Grape by John Nagiecki
Winemakers and grape growers have become more enthusiastic about sustainable practices. Find out what they are doing and what it means.
Towards a New Organic Standard by David Lighthall
Should the organic standard encompass human as well as ecological relationships?
Book Review by Chrispin L. Shelley
Changing the Way America Farms: Knowledge and Community in the Sustainable Agriculture Movement by Neva Hassanein. The New Agrarian Populism - Small farmers have had enough of corporate agribusiness. This review of Neva Hassanein's book sheds light on the energy infusing rural movements.
Who Does California Farmwork? by Rick Mines
The U.S. Department of Labor's National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) helps maintain an ongoing profile of the hundreds of thousands of agricultural laborers in California. This article provides an overview of the state's farmworker population based on data from 1994 -1997.
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Volume 12 Number 2
Uncertain Flowering of Transgenic Crops by John Nagiecki Scientists
Debate How to Asses Ecological Risks of Genetically Modified Plants.
The Momentum of 245(i) by Mark Silverman and John Nagiecki
Central Valley Partners Mobilize to Meet Immigration Deadline.
Families Devalued by Guest Worker Programs
Editorial by Rick Mines, CIRS Research Director
Wine Blight Descends on Glassy Wings by John Nagiecki
This is the first of a two-part series examining sustainability issues in the wine industry.
New Thinking Soars Around Farm Labor by John Nagiecki
Research Aims to Enhance Rural Communities While Improving Farm Productivity and Efficiency.
Director's Corner by David Lighthall
Contradictions plague U.S. immigration policy. It's time to take on the tough issues.
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Volume 12 Number 1
SPECIAL FARM WORKER HEALTH ISSUE
An Unhealthy Bargain by David Lighthall and Kenneth M. Kambara
Facing up to the Challenge of Farm Worker Health.
Binational Study Sounds Alarm on Worker Health by Rick Mines, Lisette Saca, Nancy Mullenax and John Nagiecki
Survey Identifies Key Care Issues Among Migrant Populations.
Collecting Data, Saving Lives by Konane M. Martínez
Field Notes from the California Agricultural Worker Health Survey.
Rethinking Organic Agriculture by Julie Guthman
Alternatives to the Academic Monopoly by Amber López
New Effort to Connect University and Community-based Researchers.
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2000
Volume 11 Number 2
Farm Labor Contractors in California: Regulating the Agricultural Workplace by Daniel Williams
What Path Out of the Immigration Quandary? by David Lighthall
CIRS Update
* CIRS Recognized for California Complete Count Work
* New Associate Director Takes up Staff Duties
Book Review by Mitchell C. Naylor
California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape by Mark Baldassare
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Volume 11 Number 1
Rural California Face Increased Obstacles in Health Care by Daniel Williams
Quality of Water Going into San Joaquin River adds Another Element to Valley Water Quotient by Mitchell C. Naylor and David Lighthall
Food System Approach to Farm Workers Issue by David Lighthall
A broad view of the grower's place within the larger food system.
Census 2000 by Amber Lopez
Helping farm workers and immigrants participate in the Census.
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1999
Volume 10 Number 3
Undocumented Farm Workers Pay Estimated $337 - $410 million in Taxes by Shaw Perrin and Daniel Williams
Did you know thousands of "illegal" immigrant farm workers pay taxes?
Assessing the Health Needs of California Farm Workers by David Lighthall
Interviews and physical exams for 1,000 farm workers under way in seven different rural communities.
Computerized Micro-irrigation
A partial answer to reduced water supplies and salinity problems?
Estimated Undocumented Farm Worker Tax Contributions, 1997
Is Corporate Farming Declining in California?
Yes, according to some data reported by the Census of Agriculture.
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Volume 10 Number 2
Trends in California Farmland Use by Don Villarejo and Shaw Perrin
Agriculture in the Golden State is growing, despite urbanization.
Villarejo to Retire After 22 Years as Executive Director
Reflections on CIRS's greatest accomplishments: Mechanization and Farm Labor, Pesticide Issues, Reclamation Law, Into the Fields, more than just a newsletter, Organic Cotton, A Safe Agricultural Workplace, A Training Ground, The Land Grant System, Small-Farmer and Farm Workers.
Direct Market Farm Sales Climb 84% in Five Years
Big growth for a small segment of California agriculture.
Coastal Berry Workers Still Divided After Three Union Elections
Strawberry workers & the UFW.
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Volume 10 Number 1
Evaluating Low-Value Crops: Water, Pesticides and Labor by Shaw Perrin
Low-value crops use a lot of water, but require less labor and fewer chemicals than most high-value crops.
Hired Farm Workers Gather in Washington for Historic Forum by Daniel Williams
And resolve to work together to improve conditions for those who bring food to our table.
Are Voluntary Pesticide Reduction Initiatives Successful? by Don Villarejo and Charles V. Moore
A look at California almond and walnut production.
ALRB Judge Sobel Dismisses Coastal Berry Election
Book Review by Shaw Perrin
Masumoto's Agrarianism - Harvest Son by David Mas Masumoto
Farmworker in California by Alicia Burgarin and Elias Lopez
California Latino Demographic Data book by Jon Stiles, Jonathan Cohen, Zachary Elkins and Fredric Gray
Who Works on California Farms? by Howard Rosenberg
Agricultural Guest Worker Program Fails in Congress by Amber López
A return of Braceros?
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1998
Volume 09 Number 4
Building Solutions for Farm Worker Housing by Shaw Perrin, Julisa Ruiz, and Daniel Williams
An Estimated 40 to 60 percent of California's Hired Farm Workers are homeless of lack adequate housing for some substantial part of the year.
Congress Rushes New Bracero Program by Amber Lopèz
Where's the evidence that this is the answer for rural California?
Book Reviews by Shaw Perrin
On Good Land, by Michael Ableman
Statistical Review of California's Organic Agriculture, by Lauta Tourte and Karen Klonsky
Work at Your Own Risk by Daniel Williams
Summer pesticide exposures and tractor accident highlight agricultural health and safety issues.
The UFW Wins a Few and Loses a Big One by Shaw Perrin
The uphill battle to organize strawberry workers.
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Volume 09 Number 3
Bay-Delta Water Policy: CalFed Stumbles Toward a Solution by Shaw Perrin and Don Villarejo
CalFed's Common Programs require retiring 200,000-300,000 acres of prime Delta and Central Valley farmland.
Genetically Engineered Crops: A Growing Debate by Daniel Williams
Biotech giant Monsanto releases Roundup Ready Cotton and Soy, sparking a heated debate over food safety.
Book Review by Shaw Perrin
A Time to Act: A Report of the USDA Commission on Small Farms
The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio, by Steven C. Blank
Updates and Letter
* Welfare Reform
* Access Rule
* Letter from ALRB Chairman Mike Stoker
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Volume 09 Number 2
Shortage or Surplus? The Guest Worker Debate by Jennifer Sherman
Agricultural interests argue that a new guest worker program is necessary to avoid a farm labor shortage despite little evidence that such a shortage is likely.
Welfare to Farm Work?
Will welfare recipients provide needed labor in agriculture? While some support this proposal, others believe it veils a hidden agenda.
Book Review by Jennifer Sherman
Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush by Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Richard J. Orsi
Book Review by Don Villarejo
The California Water Plan Update (Public Draft) State of California Resources Agency
How to Educate Immigrant Children? The Fight Over Bilingual Education
A ballot initiative proposed by millionaire Ron Unz could replace bilingual education in California with sheltered English.
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Volume 09 Number 1
Compromise Reached on Family Unification Provision by Jennifer Sherman
November, 1997 bill extends deadline for 245i applications, allowing family based immigrants who file applications before January 14, 1998 to stay in the country while awaiting visas.
An End to Access? New Agricultural Labor Relations Board Considers Changes
The ALRB considers possible changes to the Agricultural Labor Relations Act.
What's New at CIRS? by Carol Crabill
* New Childhood Agricultural Injury Project.
* Design a National Center on Rural Latino Communities and Labor Intensive Agriculture.
* Document adjustments by West San Joaquin Valley Farmers and Communities in response to anticipate reduction in the supply of Federal irrigation water and to assist in devising tactics to ameliorate adverse impacts.
* Documenting and analyzing voluntary reductions of pesticide use among almond and walnut growers in the Central Valley.
Who's Responsible for Working Conditions when Labor Contractors are Hired?
Recent court decisions and Department of Labor regulations hold big firms responsible for labor violations made by their independent contractors.
Reviews by Jennifer Sherman
Poverty amid Prosperity: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural California by J. Edward Taylor, Philip L. Martin and Michael Fix
Becoming American: Immigration and Immigrant Policy U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform 1997 Executive Summary
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1997
Volume 08 Number 4
Parlier Revisited by Jennifer Sherman
Census staff members and California researchers visit Parlier to learn about problems and solutions for enumerating farm workers in the Central Valley.
Jose Millan Named State Labor Commissioner
Long time Assistant State Labor Commissioner Jose Millan was appointed State Labor Commissioner of California in July.
Farming's Future: More Production, Less Land
Although farmland conversions to residential and commercial uses continue at a record pace, farm receipts are rising due to the intensification of agriculture.
Book Reviews by Jennifer Sherman
The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration by James P. Smith and Barry Edmonston
The Seven States of California: A Natural and Human History by Phillip L. Fradkin
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Volume 08 Number 3
Rural California and Geographic Rate Deaveraging by Jennifer Sherman
A look at the possible effects of telephone deaveraging on rural telephone usage and economies.
Gambling on the Future: Indian Casinos and Rural Communities by Jennifer Sherman
Do they heal social ills or destroy communities? Casinos continue to thrive as rural residents fight to keep them out of their areas.
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board Today
Guest article from Paul Richardson, General Counsel of the ALRB.
Book Review by Jennifer Sherman
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement, by Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval
Book Review by Don Villarejo
A Profile of U.S. Farm Workers: Demographics, Household Composition, Income and Use of Services, by Richard Mines, Susan Gabbard and Anne Stierman
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Volume 08 Number 2
Coping with the Floods
Farm workers and relief workers discuss the effects of the disastrous winter floods as part of a CIRS Special Report .
Workplace Health and Safety Violations by Stephen McCurdy, Don Villarejo and Maria Stoecklin
Recommendations from a new report analyzing violations in agriculture .
In the Wake of the Floods by Sergio Chávez and Jennifer Sherman
A CIRS Special Report examines the effects of the recent floods on California farm workers.
Reviews by Jennifer Sherman
The Distribution of Income in California by Deborah Reed, Melissa Glen Haber, and Laura Mameesh
Working, but Poor, in California, The California Budget Project 1996
Welfare Reform and Rural California by Jennifer Sherman
The recent Welfare reform law will deny most benefits to legal immigrants, including many California farm workers The recent Welfare reform law will deny most benefits to legal immigrants, including many California farm workers.
Cities in Distress
Studies find that several of the worst cities in the nation are located in California's Central Valley.
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Volume 08 Number 1
Five Cents for Fairness: The UFW Strawberry Campaign Goes Public
Update on the UFW's campaign to unionize California's Central Coast strawberry workers.
California Agricultural Pesticide Use Continues to Increase
The recently released Summary of Pesticide Use Data for 1995 shows pesticides use in California to be on the rise.
Book Review by Jennifer Sherman
Strawberry Fields by Miriam Wells
Book Review by Don Villarejo
Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California's Great Central Valley by Stan Yogi
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1996
Volume 07 Number 2
Rural Rush Hour by Jennifer Sherman
The raitero system of transporting farmworkers is extremely dangerous, resulting in high rates of traffic injuries and fatalities in rural California, especially among Hispanics.
The Resurgence of the United Farm Workers Union
Two years after the United Farm Workers of America made field organizing top priority, it has proved to be a major force in the agriculture industry.
TIPP: Multi-Agency Effort to Enforce Labor Standards by Merissa Wright, Rosario Ruiz-Dark, Don Villarejo and Jennifer Sherman
An account by CIRS office staff members of their two-day enforcement sweep with TIPP team members in the San Joaquin Valley.
Book Reviews by Jennifer Sherman
Fields Without Dreams, by Victor Hansen
Epitaph for a Peach, by David Mas Masumoto
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Volume 07 Number 1
93640 at Risk: Mendota in an Era of Water Uncertainty
A CIRS study seeks to determine the direct effects of irrigation water reduction on a community that is nearly entirely dependent on farming.
Pesticide Use in California
The state Legislature has suspended a law that would have prohibited the use of methyl bromide in California.
Economic Effects of Canceling Pesticides
CIRS has published a report examining the economic impacts of canceling pesticide registration.
Enumerating the Residents of Parlier by Jennifer Sherman
A study in Parlier confirms that a new enumeration method counts more accurately than the Census.
Linden Farmworkers Remembered by Jennifer Sherman
An account of the accident and CIRS involvement.
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1995
Volume 06 Number 3
Conference Looks to the Future of the Farm Labor Market
Account of the December 13 conference to discuss the prospect of major policy shifts for the farm labor market in the wake of November's widespread Republican victories.
Resources
New book provides the only contemporary overview of active farm labor unions, but lacks in-depth analysis.
Census of Ag
The 1992 Census of Agriculture identifies key trends shaping California's farm industry.
UFW Victory
The UFW wins its eighth straight election victory, this time at the nation's largest rose bush farm.
Commentary
With its emphasis on getting welfare recipients into jobs, proposed reform ignores the reality of the working poor.
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1994
Volume 06 Number 2
Graduation Marks Start of New Phase for Health Promoters by Lynn Kusnierz
Account of the Promotores graduation ceremony and thoughts on the program.
UFW Elections by Don Villarejo
The union shows renewed vigor during the summer of 1994.
Reviews
The latest study of farm workers finds a population on the move.
Commentary by Don Villarejo
Proposed water sales will harm California's shaky rural economy .
Organic Statistics by Don Villarejo
Estimates of organic crop production in California paint a picture of a growing industry.
Gangi Bros. Strike by Don Villarejo
Tomato workers protest wage cuts, walk out of processing plant.
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Volume 06 Number 1
The Third Annual Festival de la Salud Draws a Record Crowd by Lupe Sandoval and Lynn Kusnierz
Over 1,500 people gathered at the Yolo County Fairgrounds Sunday, June 5 to participate in the Third Annual Festival de la Salud Health and Information Fair.
Organic Cotton by Don Villarejo
Formation of the National Organic Cotton Association gives industry a representative voice.
Commentary by Don Villarejo
Clinton administration, Republicans, and big business agree: Health care plan will ignore rural poor.
Pesticides by Don Villarejo
Despite mounting environmental concerns, pesticide use continues to grow, says new Department of Pesticide Regulation Report.
Notes
Teamsters and organic farm broker a historic agreement by Lynn Kusnierz
INS sweep in Ventura County results in over three hundred deported by Hector Martinez
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Volume 05 Number 4
Environmental Justice by Don Villarejo
Young Movement Meets the Clinton Administration at Conference - The Clinton administration brought together hundreds of community-based toxic activists for the first-ever Symposium on Health Research and Needs to Ensure Environmental Justice.
Guia de Trabajadores
Innovative farm worker services guide now available.
Commentary by Don Villarejo
Dietary versus occupational pesticide exposure: Do we know the real risks?
Jaripo
Yearly fiesta brings Central Valley residents back to their Mexican hometown.
Resources by Don Villarejo
Immigration in San Diego County; bringing unemployment compensation into the '90s
California SAWG by Kari Siedenburg
Sustainable agriculture group organizes in the Golden State.
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Volume 05 Number 3
Labor Commissioner Discusses Targeted Industries Partnership Program's First Year
Interview with State Labor Commissioner Victoria L. Bradshaw, a key player in TIPP since its inception in the fall of 1992.
Shalan Awards by Lynn Kusnierz
The Shalan Foundation says farewell after 20 years.
Por una Necesidad de Lucha
Methyl Bromide: the first ag chemical designated as a class 1 ozone depletor by Will Allen
Facing a phase-out, growers grasp for alternatives.
Resources by Don Villarejo
What the elimination of methyl bromide will cost, and the latest farm worker stats.
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1993
Volume 05 Number 2
Second Transitional Organic Cotton Conference Looks to Future of the Industry by Lynn Kusnierz
An impressive array of growers, manufacturers, retailers and activists gathered in September to discuss the state of the organic cotton industry, its accomplishments, its problems and its future.
Promotores de Salud by Jill Shannon
New program to focus on farm worker health.
Festival de la Salud by Don Villarejo
Second annual health fair reaches hundreds throughout the Sacramento area.
Oral Histories by Trudy Wischemann
Voices from the Valley -Oral History project records a mosaic of the Valley’s voices of Livingston Residents.
Resources
From the beauty of the vast Central Valley to the horror of pesticide poisonings.
Commentary by Don Villarejo
Current immigration rhetoric ignores the reality of undocumented farm workers.
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Volume 05 Number 1
The Legacy of Cesar Chavez
The shock of the untimely death of Cesar Chavez has brought into sharp focus the central importance of his leadership of the farm worker rights movement.
OTAC by Luis Magaña
Nace la Organización de Trabajadores Agrícolas de California (Spanish).
Farm Aid VI
Speaker calls sustainable agriculture the way of the future.
Resources
The latest on water transfers, Latino demographics and the nursery and raisin industries.
Pesticides by Don Villarejo
Reported pesticide use in California tops 161 million pounds.
Commentary by Don Villarejo
Water policy leaves California family farms high and dry.
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1992
Volume 04 Number 2
CIRS Board Meets
Sharpened Organizational Focus.
New Information Resources
Reviews of New Materia.l
Thinking Community by Trudy Wischemann
Humanities Report.
Organic Cotton Conference by Glenn Brank
Growers Join with Manufacturers.
"Shattuck Manifesto" Draft
Results of Farm Labor/Immigration Conference.
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Volume 04 Number 1
Newsletter Changes Scope
Overview of CIRS & RCR - Overview of CIRS & RCR
Global Economic Trends & Rural Policy
Report on Aspen Institute workshop.
Globalization of Fresh Produce Industry by Don Villarejo
Report on international conference.
Para Progresar by Trudy Wischemann
The Hispanic Community in California.
Alianza Campesina
Nueva esperanza para campesinos (Spanish).
Summary of Pesticide-Related Illnesses
Report by Department of Pesticide Regulation.
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1991
Volume 03 Number 3
Water Reclamation
U.S. Senate holds hearings on subsidy fraud
National Ag Worker Survey
DOL issues report on 1990 NAWS
Farm Labor Needs & Farm Workers
Prof. J.V. Palerm study published by EDD
CIRS Update
* Rural Toxics cotton project
* New staff grant writer
Safe Drinking Water Act Violations
EPA issues warnings to labor camps
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Volume 03 Number 2
Free Trade by David Runsten
Update on North American Free Trade Agreement.
Labor Relations
Farm Workers win settlement on work conditions by Don Villarejo
Farm worker organizations form Alianza Campesina
Union calls for Dole boycott by Trudy Wischemann
IRCA Enforcement by David Runsten
INS's visits to California agriculture employers.
Dairy Farmers & Freeze Riders by Trudy Wischemann
Media misses other Californians on the Capitol steps.
CIRS Programs & Fellowships
* CIRS Initiates New Rural Toxin Project
* Oaxacan Project Extended
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Volume 03 Number 1
Trade by David Runsten
U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.
Humanities Project
Academia and the Common Good by Trudy Wischemann
Farmers, Farmworkers & Townspeople - Threads in Common by Trudy Wischemann
Hito - Person by a Nisei Farmer
In the Sixth Grade by Mas Masumoto
My Father is a Simple Man by Omar Salinas
My Fifty-plus Years Celebrating Spring by Omar Salinas
Labor Relations & IRCA by Robert Smith
Pennsylvania and California Mushroom Industries.
Occupational Health & Safety
New Agricultural Health and Safety Cente.r
Conference
Farm Worker Community Organizations in Fresno.
Commission on Agricultural Workers
Study of Fresh Market Tomato Industry.
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1990
Volume 02 Number 5
Mixtecos by Bonnie Bade
Housing and the Health of Mixtec Migrant Farm Workers.
Community
Agriculture and the Common Good: An Exploration of Community in Rural California.
Health
Childhood Cancer Clusters: Department of Health Services Studies in the San Joaquin Valley.
International Conference
Irrigation and Political Power Structures.
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Volume 02 Number 4
Labor
Teamsters Turn the Tables by Trudy Wischemann
Looking Back on 40 Years in Sonoma County: Memories of a Mixtec Immigrant by Debi Betz
Oregon Farm Labor Picture, Summer 1990 by Carol Zabin & Grace Oseki
Health by Salvador Sandoval Jr., MD
Comments on the McFarland Child Health Screening Project.
CIRS Announcements
* New Humanities Project
* CIRS Receives Ford Grant
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Volume 02 Number 3
Mixtecos in Agriculture
Mixtec Farm Workers in California: Close-up on Living Conditions by Bonnie Bade
La Discriminación a los Indígenas de Oaxaca Tiene Raices Históricas (Spanish) by Enrique Rojas
Publication
Semilla?Un periódico de los trabajadores del campo en California (Spanish).
Health - Rural Health Conference
Pesticide Illness: Reporting & Prevention by Kathy Dervin
Pesticide Poisoning & Environmental Data in California by Ralph Lightstone
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Volume 02 Number 2
Mixtec Farm Workers in California: by Bonnie Bade
The View from the Fields.
Low-Income Housing in California by Ann Harrington
No RAW Visas Needed
Commission on Agricultural Workers
Conferences:
Mixtec Migration to California
Regional Committee on Immigration Reform and U.S. Agriculture
Agricultural Workforce 2000
Farm Labor Information Bulletin from La Cooperativa
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Volume 02 Number 1
Overview of 1989
Trends in the Agricultural Labor Market.
Legal Actions
La Migra: Del Campo a la Ciudad (Spanish).
INS RAW Program Still on Hold
Labor Actions
Striking Workers Shut Down Bud Antle, Inc.
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1989
Volume 01 Number 5
Examination of new RAW Regulations
Trends in Human Resource Management # 15, from UC Berkeley's Co-op Extension.
Mexican Artist Paints Mural for CIRS
Painted by Jośe Hernández
Research in Progress
Report on ongoing research about farm labor and rural communities in the West.
1987 Census of Agriculture
Las Huelgas de Tomate en San Joaquin
San Joaquin County Tomato Pickers Vote for Union Representation -
Examination of tomato pickers' strikes of 1983, 1987, 1989 (Spanish and English).
Research in Progress - Ongoing research about farm labor and rural communities in the West
* Needs Assessment of Problems within Latino Farm Worker Families and Communities
* Employment Mobility of Agriculture Workers
* Farm Labor Recruitment after Immigration Reform
* Farm Labor Information Systems
* Potential Impact of New Immigration Law on Industry Choice and Earnings
* Transformation of Rural California: The Formation and Expansion of Chicano Enclaves in Rural California
* Seasonal Farm and Nonfarm Employment in California: Implications for Labor-Intensive Sectors of Agriculture
* Labor Inputs in California Labor-Intensive Crops
* Use of Farm Labor Contractors and Custom Harvesters in Salinas
* The Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act on Perishable Crops Agriculture
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Volume 01 Number 4
California Farm Labor Market - Special Feature
IRCA Spins Webb Ranch - Newly legalized farmworkers vote on union representation at Stanford University.
Menos Trabajadores y Menos Salarios - Fewer workers and lower wages in the Central Valley (Spanish).
May Election Rush at ALRB - Report on union representation elections conducted by California's Agricultural Labor Relations Board in May 1989.
1989 Employers Wage & Benefit Survey - Results of Farm Employers Labor Service annual survey.
Health & Safety
Jobs & Justice - Announcement of new report by California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.
¿Que Son Los Pesticidas? - Pesticides appear to have figured prominently in the recent death of a farmworker in Lodi (Spanish).
Pesticides: Deadly to Humans as Well as Pests - Excerpts from working paper prepared by Paul G. Barnet.
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Volume 01 Number 3
Farmworker Housing - Special Feature
Housing California - Notes from State Conference May 1, 1989
Los "Campos" de Vivienda - Living conditions among California's migrant farmworkers (Spanish).
California Farmworker Housing - Summary of working paper presented by Susan Peck
Day Care for Migrant Children - San Joaquin Families gain needed funds.
The Farm Labor Market
Share Farming Nixed by State Supreme Court - Examination of the Borello case.
El Mercado de Trabajo Agricola: la dereza en San Joaquin - Income decline for cherry pickers (Spanish).
Farmworkers in this Nation - Report on Texas Conference, April 1989.
Public Policy
Proposed RAW Rules - Examination of INS's proposed implementation of Replenishment Agricultural Workers program.
COLAs for Public Assistance Threatened.
Governor rejects cost of living adjustments for public assistance programs.
CIRS Activities
* Grant for Oaxacan Migration Study
* Summer Research Fellowships
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Volume 01 Number 2
El Proyecto Laboral Agricola by Luis Magaña
Algunos de los objectivos que comienza a desarrollar el Proyecto Laboral Agrícola sobre la representación de Luis Magaña en la nueva oficina regional en la ciudad de Modesto (Spanish).
Building an Information Community for Rural California
The Working Group on Farm Labor and Rural Poverty organized a research review conference on farm labor issues at Fresno City College in May 1988.
Building an Information Community
Reproduction of the conference's keynote address, given by Jim Lorenz, founder of California Rural Legal Assistance and former director of the Employment Development Department.
Did You Know?
Top Farm Income States
Los Pobrecitos
Workshop on Farm Labor Contractors
On January 27 the Working Group on Farm Labor and Rural Poverty sponsored a workshop, "Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs): Establishing Research Priorities."
Labor Actions by Luis Magaña
Fresno - Durante la pasada temporada de la poda de viñas, trabajadores protestaron solicitando aumento de sueldo en diferentes cuadrillas (Spanish).
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Volume 01 Number 1
Introducing Our Newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of Rural California Report, a new bi-monthly publication of the Working Group on Farm Labor and Rural Poverty of the California Institute for Rural Studies.
Conferences
Farmworkers in this Nation: Reflections and Future Outlook.
Migrant Health...Cost of Neglect, Dividend of Care.
Luis Magaña Joins Staff
Luis Magaña, who joined the staff of the Working Group on Farm Labor and Rural Poverty in November 1988, will work directly with community groups and interested individuals in the San Joaquin Valley.
Farm Restructuring and Employment by Don Villarejo
The decline of direct farm employment reflects the increasing importance of labor contractors, farm management companies, packinghouse operations and other businesses that are essentially providers of services to farm operators.
Los Ultimos en Ser Contados y los Primeros en Producir by Luis Magaña
Durante el último dia de someter aplicaciónes para legalizarce bajo un programa especial para trabajadores del campo (SAW), cientos de campesinos se daban prisa a entregar sus aplicaciones (Spanish).
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