crop workers

Harvesters of produce

Crop workers are laborers who plant, tend, and harvest agricultural crops.

The term often appears in discussions of migrant labor, farm wages, and working conditions: Crop workers followed the harvest from Florida to California.

Distinguished from other farm workers who handle livestock or equipment.

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crew leader · carry · cultivator · planter · wages · living wage · callused · farmland · bend · seasonal employment · harvest time · labor unions · backbreaking · braceros · piece rate · campo · farmworkers · field hands

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Opposites
labor vs. ownership

crop workerslandowners

Holders of real property

plantation owners · landlords · growers · ranchers · landed gentry

agricultural vs. non-agricultural labor

crop workersfactory workers

Employees in manufacturing facilities

office workers · white-collar workers · service workers · miners · construction workers

field labor vs. management/oversight

crop workersfarm managers

Agricultural operation supervisors

overseers · foremen

Family

crop, worker, harvester, fieldworker

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