farm workers
Agricultural labor force
Farm workers are people employed in agricultural labor—planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, or tending livestock.
The term often implies seasonal or migrant workers who move to follow harvests: Farm workers picked strawberries from dawn to dusk.
Farm worker issues—wages, housing, pesticide exposure—have been central to labor organizing movements.
Payment for work
- unionJoining into one
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
hourly · paycheck · crew · workforce · foreman · labor laws · work permit · job security
Research conducted on location
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
tractor · crop rotation · tillage · sowing · fertilizing · weeding · pruning · thinning
Act of selecting
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
baling · husking · winnowing · crop · produce · fruit · vegetables · cotton
Contact with high temperatures
- pesticide exposureContact with bug-killing agents
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- repetitive strainDamage from repeated movement
- housingDwellings or protective covering
sanitation · drinking water · shade · rest breaks · injury · exploitation · wage theft · child labor
Recurring at fixed intervals
- temporaryLimited in duration
- guestworkerForeign temporary hire
- itinerantMoving for work
- transientTemporary, soon departing
remittances · cross-border · housing · camps · transportation · recruitment · documentation · undocumented
wages
Payment for work
- unionJoining into one
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
overtime · hourly · paycheck · crew · workforce · foreman · labor laws · work permit · job security · benefits
fieldwork
Research conducted on location
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- harvestingGathering mature crops
irrigation · tractor · crop rotation · tillage · sowing · fertilizing · weeding · pruning · thinning · transplanting
picking
Act of selecting
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
threshing · baling · husking · winnowing · crop · produce · fruit · vegetables · cotton · tobacco
heat exposure
Contact with high temperatures
- pesticide exposureContact with bug-killing agents
- backbreakingExtremely physically demanding
- repetitive strainDamage from repeated movement
housing · sanitation · drinking water · shade · rest breaks · injury · exploitation · wage theft · child labor · safety
seasonal
Recurring at fixed intervals
- temporaryLimited in duration
- guestworkerForeign temporary hire
- itinerantMoving for work
transient · remittances · cross-border · housing · camps · transportation · recruitment · documentation · undocumented · deportation
- Rural Agricultureranchers, farmhands, sharecroppers, crop cultivation, agricultural labor
- California historystatehood, Spanish colonization, Spanish mission, gold rush, Sutter's Mill
- farm laborfarmhands, field hand, field hands, hired hands, field workers
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- rural lifefarms, village, villages, pastoral, hamlets
- farm photographywheat fields, corn rows, cattle drives, sheep grazing, barn doors
farm workerslandowners
Holders of real property
plantation owners · landlords · farmers · ranchers · growers
farm workersfactory workers
Employees in manufacturing facilities
industrial workers · office workers · construction workers · service workers · retail workers
farm workerswhite-collar workers
Salaried professional employees
executives · knowledge workers · office workers · professionals · corporate employees
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