Description'During the late summer and fall of 1958, a research study of the total cost of Puerto Rican farm workers to New Jersey farmers was carried out by the Department of Agricultural Economics. A large...
Description"Dwelling which appeared in news photo of Oct. 23, 1961 in N.Y. World Telegram and Sun, Article by Mr. Dale Wright. Located on farm of Mr. Gilbert Magee, Route 520, Marlboro Twp., Monmouth County, N....
Description"This is home to a migrant worker and his family - on Route 33 between Hightstown and Freehold, N. J. - where staff writer Dale Wright found conditions no better now than they were eight years ago...
DescriptionMrs. Arthur Hawkins, president of the Consumers League of New Jersey, submits a statement to The Honorable B. Everett Jordan, Chairman of the Subcommittee on General Legislation and Agricultural...
DescriptionSenate Bill 1945 was an effort to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to enforce restrictions on migrant workers from Mexico in order to better protect American employment and economics. ...
DescriptionThis article from the Workers Defense League newsletter describes organizing among Puerto Rican farm workers over wages and working conditions. The Workers Defense League, founded in 1936 by Norman...
DescriptionThis letter concerns the illegal employment of British West Indian contract workers at Seabrook Farms, as a way to avoid complying with Puerto Rico Migration Division regulations. The Workers Defense...
DescriptionDale Wright, a World-Telegram Staff writer, went undercover as a migrant worker in Hightstown, New Jersey, and in Florida. He recorded his observations, interviewed other workers, and took photos of...