migrant agricultural laborers

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migrant agricultural laborers

Migrant worker

a boy from the Rio Grande Valley
1996
Describes the way of life of Mexican American families and their children who work as migrant agricultural laborers in Texas.

In dubious battle

1992
Migratory workers strike against the landowners in California's apple country, led by Jim Nolan.

With these hands

the hidden world of migrant farmworkers today
1998
Tells the inside story of the life of farmworkers through interviews with the people who harvest crops, as well as growers, labor contractors, union organizers, government investigators, doctors, teachers, and the families of migrant workers.

Cesar Chavez

2008
A biography of Cesar Chavez, discussing his early life on his family's Arizona ranch, how the Great Depression forced them to become migrant workers in California, and the poor housing, pay, and working conditions that inspired Cesar to pursue farm workers' rights through unionization.

Cesar Chavez

labor leader
2004
Discusses the life and work of Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader who organized the farm worker's union, United Farm Workers.

C?sar Ch?vez

lucha por los trabajadores del campo
2007
Contains a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, advocate for the right of farmworkers in the United States, and includes information on his early life, his family, and his achievements. Presented in Spanish in graphic novel form.

Cesar Chavez

fighting for farmworkers
2006
Contains a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, advocate for the right of farmworkers in the United States,and includes information on his early life, his family, and his achievements. Presented in graphic novel form.

C?sar Ch?vez

fighting for fairness
2006
Presents an illustrated profile of the life and work of migrant farm worker and founder of the National Farm Workers Association, Cesar Chavez.

Dolores Huerta

2003
Biography of Dolores Huerta, who, along with Cesar Chavez, established a union to protect the rights of farm workers.

The grapes of wrath

1992
The saga of a family in 1939 that struggles through the Great Depression by laboring as Dust Bowl migrants.

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