Farmworker

issues in our complicated history was the mistreatment of fieldworkers. Many people have struggled in trying to fight in having the equality; however, Cesar Chavez and other brave farmworkers were willing to risk their lives and their jobs for better wages and respect for farmworkers. Cesar Chavez and The United Farmworkers Union…

Immokalee farmworkers face many hardships in their field of work. Immokalee is an unincorporated region of Collier County, Florida and it is primarily full of agricultural needs. Population in this area consists of 76.6 % of Hispanics and Latinos ("United States Census Bureau," 2015). However, many times farmworkers face physical abuse, discrimination, non-fatal and high fatal injuries on the job, as well as violation of wages. Low salaries lead to unsafe structural housing. Other health…

Migrant Farmworkers Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep! The alarm clock cries for attention in the early morning, when the sky is still dark and even the birds are sleeping. Inside a small, negligible shack on the side of a dirt road, a tired, calloused hand reaches over the side of the mattress to quiet the clock, but hesitates for minutes, uncertain whether to let its owner savor a few more minutes of sleep. Finally, it smashes down on the alarm clock and yanks its haggard owner up from the bed. The…

Building rapport is building trusting relationships. The author, Seth Holmes, establishes rapport with the Triqui migrants in a couple ways. The main way he establishes relationships with the migrant farmworkers is through participant observation. Holmes joins the Triqui migrants on their voyages. He travels with them across the border into the United States, endures the harsh conditions alongside the migrants picking berries, and befriends the workers. Participant observation is an important…

For several months migrant workers suffered from no food or shelter, and of course low wages. Life as a farmworker is not easy as the documentary demonstrates, on a similar not just as expressed in “The Pacific Coast Farm Workers Rebellion” Bacon, focuses on the inhumane housing camps, were farmworkers tend to live in. The article brings up the issue of clean water, because the water farmworkers and their families had access to was salty, that cause rashes on the children’s skins, which is…

Bechtel A. G Shepherd A. M./ Rogers W.P. 1995 Family, Culture, and Health Practices among Migrant Farmworkers in journal of Community Health Nursing, Vol.12, No.1 pp 15-22 In the article Family, Culture, and Health Practice among Migrant Farmworkers, Betchel, Shepard and Rogers identify patterns among migrant farm workers that lead to their health issues. These patterns including seasonal traveling, constant labor, and constant stress, caused “migrant farm workers and their families to have…

to 5 million migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) that come to the United States each year. MSFWs suffer higher rates of diseases and death than any other population in the U.S. This stems from a combination of poor working conditions, high rates of poverty, language and cultural barriers, and limited access to health care.…

Health The article Music therapy’s effects on levels of depression, anxiety, and social isolation in Mexican farmworkers living in the United States: A randomized controlled trial is about a study made using music therapy and Mexican farmworkers. The purpose of the study was to see whether music therapy could positively affect levels of anxiety, depression, and isolation in Mexican farmworkers. Despite their efforts, Schwantes, McKinney, and Hannibal do not find significant change in levels of…

between the farmworkers and farm owners comes the idea of vulnerability of farmworkers. How is this illustrated in the documentary? Farm workers are particularly vulnerable for many reasons as illustrated by the documentary. For one, they are often in harsh conditions outside and oftentimes without proper equipment. They are also often left alone in isolated areas of fields and this is where many female farmworkers are sexually assaulted. Along with that, since the work for farmworkers is so…

personality. For example, when advertising the farmworker, the Honest Sancho has him perform tasks such as cutting grapes as well as picking cotton and melons to prove that he is hardworking. He also says that the farmworker comes with a wide-brimmed sombrero for “an extra added feature.” It is also stated that all the farmworker needs as payment is one plate of beans and tortillas each day. These are all attributes of a stereotypical Mexican farmworker who will go through…