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General documents on farm labor collected by Anderson for research purposes. Includes table of the agricultural power structure, list of trade disputes, Farm Labor guide on regulations, materials on poverty, and Anderson's notes.

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Statistical information on usage of Mexican nationals, farm wages, grower cash income, use of braceros, foreign labor, piece-rates, and women agricultural workers.

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Documents on the Free Speech Movement and student support for farm workers, including a summer project working with children of agricultural workers.

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Testimony given at a hearing of the California Senate Fact Finding Committee on Labor and Welfare, Nov. 1959. Speakers from state departments (Finance, Agriculture, Employment); AWOC, including Anderson; U.C. Berkeley (agricultural departments); and more. Includes appendices with brochures. Topics include housing and facilities, truck inspection, and other subjects.

Contents Transcripts of testimony delivered to various bodies on different dates. Speakers include representatives from The Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers, the California Department of Industrial Relations, the National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, the National Consumers League, Citizens for Farm Labor, American GI Forum, State Board of Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Prof. Paul Taylor, United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, California Labor Federation, and the...

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Transcripts of testimony given before the U.S. Senate by the AFL-CIO, the Secretary of Labor, United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers, and California Governor Edmund G. Brown.

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News clippings on Texas farm worker issues, including right-to-work, housing, various crops, organizing drives, DiGiorgio Corp., and other topics.

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Thesis papers on the Bracero Program by Geraldine Ryan and an evaluation of labor dispute in the Imperial Valley lettuce industry by Victor Paul Salandini.

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Thesis by Richard Mines on the AFL-CIO drive to organize agricultural workers.

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Documents pertaining to extending unemployment insurance benefits to farm laborers. Includes legistative bills, newsletters, and correspondence.