Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1981

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

O'Sullivan, John

Abstract

Migrant farmworkers remain an important entity in American agriculture. These economically disadvantaged citizens are often repaid for grueling labor with low wages and intolerable and unsafe working conditions. The majority of migrants are provided with poor and unsanitary housing. Children of migrant parents especially suffer inadequate schooling and non-enforcement of child labor laws. Beneficial legislation is generally thwarted by agribusiness, their lobbyists, and sympathizers in the state legislature and Congress. Unionization of farmworkers can accomplish better living and working conditions, but it will only come through bitter struggle. Florida has proven slow to improve the lot of migrants who toil in the state's fields and groves. Organizers and farmworkers look to the United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez for hope and leadership. Concerned citizens are providing hopeful signs that Florida may soon produce some positive changes for migrant farmworkers.

Extent

201 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14074

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