SOUTHERN AFRICA-LABOR: NO PROTECTION FOR FARM WORKERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 29, 1997 ;   Lewis Machipisa;   787 words ......04-29-1997 HARARE, Apr. 28 (IPS) -- Farm workers throughout Southern Africa are the backbone...earned by the sector. The majority of farm workers across the region receive wages that...protected by basic labor legislation and farm workers do not have basic services like access...

REVIEW OF FARM WORKERS VISTA PROGRAM:MARCOS CAMACHO

Congressional Testimony;  May 4, 2000 ;     787 words ...00-00-0000 STATEMENT OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO TO THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE...Marcos Camacho, General Counsel United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO May 4,2000 Mr. Chairman...I am General Counsel of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO. Cesar Chavez founded...

240,000 Zimbabwean Farm Workers to Lose Job due to Resettlement

Xinhua News Agency;  August 21, 2000 ;     202 words ...More than 240,000 Zimbabwean farm workers will lose their jobs after the government...Godfrey Magaramombe, chairman of the Farm Workers' Action Group, was quoted by the paper...70 percent of the 350,000 to 400,000 farm workers would lose their jobs as the new settlers...

STATE LEGISLATURE APPROVES SHANTYTOWNS FOR FARM WORKERS.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 6, 1997 ;     787 words ......Washington state director of the United Farm Workers of America. Gamboa is joined by a group...temporary worker housing. On April 24, 150 farm workers and their supporters held a rally at...pilot program allowing tent housing for farm workers, which began in 1995, has shown that...

Farm workers still face challenges 30 years later.(Knight Ridder/Tribune...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 27, 2000 ;   Rodriguez, Arturo S.;   787 words ...Thirty years ago, Cesar Chavez and the farm workers did the impossible: They overcame the...In the 1960s, Cesar and the United Farm Workers were struggling against history. During...much has remained the same. Organizing farm workers today is a difficult and, at times...

March honors United Farm Workers Union organizer Cesar Chavez. (Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 20, 1994 ;   Morrison, John F.;   591 words ......way to get something done. Thousands of farm workers are on a 350-mile march through California...it chah-VEZ) founded and ran the United Farm Workers Union. He organized poor farm workers when they were worked under terrible conditions...

Fast to put focus on plight of nation's farm workers Groups hope effort...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 27, 1998 ;   GEORGIA PABST;   240 words ......take part today in a "Fast for America's Farm Workers" to call attention to the plight of farm workers. Farm labor is among the most dangerous...America and, in a time of great prosperity, farm workers remain the poorest of the working poor...

NAMIBIA: UNION DEMANDS RIGHTS FOR FARM WORKERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 1, 1997 ;   Absalom Shigwedha;   780 words ......WINDHOEK, Mar. 26 (AIA/GIN) -- Namibian farm workers are paid miserable salaries, unlawfully...survey found that the majority of the farm workers in Namibia are unaware of the Labor...the situation and remuneration of all farm workers in the country. "The commission should...

The Play's the Thing to Get Safety Message to Farm Workers -- Hispanic...

Yakima Herald-Republic;  September 30, 1998 ;   DEVONA WELLS YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC;   592 words ......a new theater project aims to show farm workers what many of them aren't necessarily...them, say organizers with the Hispanic Farm Workers Interactive Plays project. "By presenting...information. What I don't know is if they (farm workers) absorb the information given. The official...

ZIMBABWE: LAND REFORM WORSENED WOMEN FARM WORKERS' PLIGHT

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 3, 2003 ;     377 words ......GIN) -- The plight of Zimbabwe's women farm workers has worsened under the current land...Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, women farm workers' rights have been often ignored because...Institute of Development said. "Some farm workers are staying, based on agreements with...

Healthy farm workers benefit community.

Sun (Yuma, AZ);  December 5, 2005 ;     555 words ......lettuce or a hoe. However, having healthy farm workers isn't just in the interest of the agricultural...of others. It's to our benefit that (farm workers) are healthy, Torres said. Due to the nature of their jobs and unhealthy diets, farm workers have many health problems that they...

Farm workers still face challenges 30 years later

Michigan Citizen;  September 23, 2000 ;     671 words ...Michigan Citizen 09-23-2000 Farm workers still face challenges 30 years...years ago, Cesar Chavez and the farm workers did the impossible: They overcame...the 1960s, Cesar and the United Farm Workers (UFW) were struggling against...

Profile: Farm workers await Governor Gray Davis' decision whether or not...

All Things Considered (NPR);  August 14, 2002 ;   JOHN YDSTIE, MARGOT ADLER;   754 words ...00-00-0000 Profile: Farm workers await Governor Gray Davis' decision...Margot Adler. Tomorrow morning, farm workers in California begin a 10-day march...to sign a bill giving the United Farm Workers Union virtually unprecedented protections...

Exploring the mental health of Mexican Migrant farm workers in the...

The Journal of Psychology;  September 1, 2002 ;   Hovey, Joseph D. Magana, Cristina G.;   787 words ......there are approximately 5 million migrant farm workers in the United States. Migrant farm workers are defined as individuals who annually...in agriculture, in contrast to seasonal farm workers, who live in one location during the entire...

Farm Workers Clinic Plans to Open Clinic in Spokane

Yakima Herald-Republic;  April 22, 2001 ;   JULIE PETERSON YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC;   603 words ......its largest market ever, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic plans to open a clinic in Spokane...Cassidy, spokesman for Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic. The move into Spokane reflects its change from originally being for farm workers to include all people who need medical...