Oral history interviews with Jessie De La Cruz, 1973-1976.

United farm workers

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Collected by Fr. Victor Salandini. From the description of Clippings from first convention, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019377 The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize ag...

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Loftis, Anne, 1922-

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Anne Loftis, born in New York City, graduated from Smith College in 1944, then worked as a journalist and free-lance writer. She is the author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on ethnic groups and farm labor organizing. From the description of Anne Loftis papers, 1953-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387570 American journalist and historian. From the description of Anne Loftis papers, 1941-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869877 ...

National Farm Workers Association

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De La Cruz, Jessie Lopez, 1919-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interviews with Jessie De La Cruz, 1973-1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321597 ...

Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (University of Michigan--Wayne State University). Program on Women and Work

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Conducted by the Women and Work Program of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, entitled, "The Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change." From the description of Institute of Labor and Insutrial Relations, Women and Work Program (University of Michigan) transcripts of oral history project, 1978-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423168 The Twentieth Century Trade Uni...

Seasonal Farm Laborers Program

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The Seasonal Farm Laborers Program also known as the Bracero Programs were the result of a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated on August 4, 1942, when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico. For these farmworkers, the agreement guaranteed decent living conditions and a minimum wage, as well as protections from forced military service, and guaranteed that a part of wages was to be put into a private savings account in Mexico; it also allowed the impo...