Migrant Ministry Files, 1967-87.

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Migrant Ministry Files, 1967-87.

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Migrant Ministry files (1967-1987) contain correspondence, reports, memoranda, proposals, news releases, newsletters, news clippings, articles, cartoons, and National Farm Workers' Ministry and United Farm Workers of America publications, flyers, and announcements regarding the Division's participation in and support of National Farm Worker Ministry and United Farm Workers of America's efforts in securing safer working conditions, increased wages, and benefits for migrant farm laborers. Files regard efforts of migrant farm worker activist and United Farm Workers' of America leader Cesar Chavez; the Campbell soup Accord of 1986; farm worker conventions and boycotts; Teamsters' involvement in laborers' disputes; religious groups and organizations' stances; reaction to an article in "The Lutheran" (July 1980) by Division. Western Regional Mission Planning Consultant John A. Nasstrom in support of Chavez; and ministry with pesticide victims. Correspondents include Division Consultant John A. Nasstrom; National Farm Worker Ministry officials; U.S. government officials; farmers; farm laborers; American Farm Bureau officials; Lutheran Church in America mission leaders; and Lutheran pastors and lay persons.

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