book chapter

The Puerto Rican farmworker: from exploitation to unionization

Labor migration under capitalism : the Puerto Rican experience, by City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. History Task ForceNew YorkPublished In 1979 • Pages: 238-264

By: Rivera, Felipe.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a detailed study of the plight of the migrant Puerto Rican farmworker on the United States mainland ranging in extent from conditions of exploitation to that of unionization. Income, labor laws, working conditions, labor contracts, and unemployment are all discussed in this work, and a profile is drawn depicting the typical Puerto Rican worker. Appendices present detailed information on two examples of labor contracts and agreements between employers in the United States and the Puerto Rican Commonwealth Government.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Labor
Labor supply and employment
Wages and salaries
Labor relations
Labor organization
Contracts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Businessperson
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1992
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
United States
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Felipe Rivera
For complete bibliography see category 113, document 16: City University, pp. 265-278
Includes bibliographical references.
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78013918
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Puerto Ricans--Employment