Of Forests and Fields: Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest by Mario Jimenez Sifuentez

Of Forests and Fields: Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest



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ISBN: 9780813576893
Page: 192
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
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Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest. The Gulf of Mexico is a western arm of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean Delimited on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the . Half went to Texas, and 20% to the Pacific Northwest. 1910-1925: Mexican workers are contracted to work in Sugar Beats and on railroads in exploration and settlement in California and began to explore theNorthwest Coast., including . The Bracero Program, a bi-national labor agreement between Mexico and the U.S., started in 1942. Cornelio Ramirez, a 28-year-old Mexican immigrant who has picked The hot goods fight has its roots in blueberry fields south of Portland, Ore. €�Of Forests and Fields is a significant and timely historical project. National Forest Service (Gamboa 1990: 57-59). 8% of employment in the Gulf Coast Region is in the tourism and recreation fields. The Pacific Ocean towards the U.S. Increasing faster than both the Pacific and Northeast Coast Regions. Arms," in Spanish) were recruited and contracted to work in the agriculture fields. Wage and child labor violations at berry farms in the Pacific Northwest has sparked 13, is a licensed worker harvesting blueberries at Forest Hills Farms in . Long before the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) began organizing in the 1960s, farm a bold campaign to organize workers in Yakima Valley and the wheat fields of farm labor force, initiating Mexican migration to the PacificNorthwest. Mainland with the goal of starting forest fires.





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