Farm Labor Program: Hearings Before ..., 82-1 on S. 949 ... S. 984 ... S. 1106 ..., March 13, 14, 15, and 16, 1951 |
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... pick laborers from the provinces where they had greater surplus of labor ? Mr. CREASEY . It would be determined entirely , Senator , by the terms of the contract under which the workers were brought in . If workers were brought in for a ...
... pick laborers from the provinces where they had greater surplus of labor ? Mr. CREASEY . It would be determined entirely , Senator , by the terms of the contract under which the workers were brought in . If workers were brought in for a ...
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... picking , they get even more than that . I just do not see why they could not pay for stopping at an overnight place . Mr. CREASEY . We expect them to pay , Senator , but we also are aware of the fact that competition may create a so ...
... picking , they get even more than that . I just do not see why they could not pay for stopping at an overnight place . Mr. CREASEY . We expect them to pay , Senator , but we also are aware of the fact that competition may create a so ...
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... pick apples in Washing- ton instead of working in a defense industry in Los Angeles ? Mr. CREASEY . I do not suppose there would be any way to obtain any proof in a situation of that kind . We would just have to take his word for it ...
... pick apples in Washing- ton instead of working in a defense industry in Los Angeles ? Mr. CREASEY . I do not suppose there would be any way to obtain any proof in a situation of that kind . We would just have to take his word for it ...
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... to our economy . Senator THYE . Mr. Creasey , could you recruit men here within the United States that would be willing to thin sugar beets , weed sugar beets , top them , and also to pick potatoes 32 FARM - LABOR PROGRAM.
... to our economy . Senator THYE . Mr. Creasey , could you recruit men here within the United States that would be willing to thin sugar beets , weed sugar beets , top them , and also to pick potatoes 32 FARM - LABOR PROGRAM.
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... pick potatoes , and that type of stoop labor . Mr. CREASEY . I do not know . Senator THYE . Have you ever projected yourself into that study ? Mr. CREASEY . No ; but it is my understanding that some of it is being done by American ...
... pick potatoes , and that type of stoop labor . Mr. CREASEY . I do not know . Senator THYE . Have you ever projected yourself into that study ? Mr. CREASEY . No ; but it is my understanding that some of it is being done by American ...
Common terms and phrases
adequate agricultural labor agricultural workers American workers authority BAIRD believe bill border British West Indies BRONSON camps CHAIRMAN Chavez contract cotton CREASEY crops defense Department of Labor domestic farm labor domestic labor domestic workers employed employers expense FALK families farm labor supply farm workers farmers Federal Government FERRIS Florida foreign labor foreign workers growers harvest Immigration Indian industry LARIN LATOURETTE legislation MAGLEBY manpower March 15 MASON ment Mexican Government Mexican nationals Mexico migrant workers migratory National Farm Labor Navahos necessary Northwest obtain operation percent problem production proposed Puerto Rico question reception centers record RIGGLE Ruth Muskrat Bronson seasonal agricultural Secretary of Labor Senator AIKEN Senator Ellender Senator HICKENLOOPER Senator HOLLAND Senator MAGNUSON Senator MUNDT Senator THYE shortage statement sugar beets United States Senate wages Washington World War II
Popular passages
Page 137 - Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Page 4 - The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services...
Page 137 - Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Page 132 - ... the employment of such workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of domestic agricultural workers similarly employed...
Page 9 - Revised Statement of Policies for School Desegregation Plans Under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," and (6) "Guidelines for School Desegregation.
Page 137 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 5 - SEC. 503. No workers recruited under this title shall be available for employment in any area unless the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified that (1) sufficient domestic workers who are able, willing, and qualified are not available at the time and place needed to perform the work for which such workers are to be employed...
Page 3 - (1) to enter into agreements with Federal and State agencies; to utilize (pursuant to such agreements) the facilities and services of such agencies; and to allocate or transfer funds or otherwise to pay or reimburse such agencies for expenses in connection therewith; "(2) to accept and utilize voluntary and uncompensated services: and "(3...
Page 100 - ... an amount determined by the Secretary of Labor to be equivalent to the normal cost to the employer of returning other workers from the place of employment to such reception center, less any portion...
Page 15 - Workers recruited under this title who are not citizens of the United States shall be admitted to the United States subject to the immigration laws {or if already in, for not less than the preceding five years or by virtue of legal entry, and otherwise eligible for admission to, the United States may, pursuant to arrangements between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, be permitted to remain therein) for such time and under such conditions as may be specified...