The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest : : Social Change and Adaptation among Migrant Farmworkers / / Ernesto M. Reza, W. K. Barger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Barger, W. K.,; Reza, Ernesto M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Velásquez, Baldemar,
• TeilnehmendeR: Velásquez, Baldemar.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; CHAPTER 1 Social Reform and Adaptation --; CHAPTER 2 Midwestern Farmworkers --; CHAPTER 3 The FLOC Movement --; CHAPTER 4 The Internal Potentials of the FLOC Movement --; CHAPTER 5 The Social Environment of the FLOC Movement --; CHAPTER 6 FLOC and Social Reform --; CHAPTER 7 Social Adaptation of Midwestern Farmworkers --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780292758919; 9783110745351
• DOI: 10.7560/707962
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ernesto M. Reza, W. K. Barger.

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) was founded by Baldemar Velásquez in 1967 to challenge the poverty and powerlessness that confronted migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. This study documents FLOC's development through its first quarter century and analyzes its effectiveness as a social reform movement. Barger and Reza describe FLOC's founding as a sister organization of the United Farm Workers (UFW). They devote particular attention to FLOC's eight-year struggle (1978-1986) with the Campbell Soup company that led to three-way contracts for improved working conditions between FLOC, Campbell Soup, and Campbell's tomato and cucumber growers in Ohio and Michigan. This contract significantly changed the structure of agribusiness and instituted key reforms in American farm labor. The authors also address the processes of social change involved in FLOC actions. Their findings are based on extensive research among farmworkers, growers, and representatives of agribusiness, as well as personal involvement with FLOC leaders and supporters.