Texas Migrant Labor. Annual Report 1970 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5226760
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, Austin
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED057936
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970
- 85 p.
- Summary:
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The Texas farm labor pool is made up almost entirely of Mexican Americans; many of these are naturalized but the majority are native-born American citizens whose families and ethnic ties remain in and around the border. All of these field workers have, at some time, migrated to a job or in search of a job either interstate or within the boundaries of Texas. Migrant farm workers are part of a distinct subculture in American society and are seemingly thwarted in any attempt to break out; in Texas, 80% of them are boxed in by these facts: family earnings for the most part below poverty level; home base being the most depressed area in the nation; low educational achievement (58% functional illiterates); substandard housing both at home and in the working areas; little health education and insufficient health attention; extremely low competency in English; and a dearth of marketable skills. Figures for 1970 indicate a 7% decrease in migrants and approximately a 10% decrease in job opportunities. Help can come in the form of subsidy and welfare and/or training programs, which need to be expanded. This annual report discusses Texas agriculture and migrant labor, including sections on mechanization in agriculture; alien labor and immigration; the Texas inter-agency task force on migrant labor; scouting and migrant youth; current developments in education, housing, health, and job development; and trends in migration. A related document is ED 040 810. (JB)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, Austin
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Until 2040 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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