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First edition of pamphlet. The Harvest Gypsies, by John Steinbeck, is a series of feature-story articles written on commission for The San Francisco News about the lives and times of migrant workers in California's Central Valley. [1]
A 2023 Sacramento Bee investigation revealed many migrants farmworkers would prefer to stay year-round in California. California closes thousands of farmworkers’ homes annually. New law explores ...
California has more migrant students than any other state. Karla and Miguel are among the 72,257 California students ages three through 21 who are eligible to participate in the federal Migrant ...
The annual relocations disrupt their children’s education and limit their chances of escaping low-wage work. California currently operates the centers — which house about 7,000 farmworkers and ...
The California Migrant Ministry (CMM) was a non-profit organization that played a significant role in the 20th century farm worker movement, emphasizing the involvement of religious organizations from its inception, under the leadership of Doug Still, Chris Hartmire, and Cesar Chavez.
Migrant workers in California, 1935. A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have an intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work. [1] In Ghana, a migrant hawker carries colorful textiles on his head for sale
U.S. Department of Labor data shows about 92% of California farmworkers were settled in 2019-2020. Migrant farmworkers want to live in California. There’s just no affordable housing for them
Arvin Federal Government Camp, also known as the Weedpatch Camp or Sunset Labor Camp, was built by the Farm Security Administration south of Bakersfield, California, in 1936 to house migrant workers during the Great Depression. The National Register of Historic Places placed several of its historic buildings on the registry on January 22, 1996.