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30579
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With the movement of North Carolina labor forces away from agriculture and to industry, the state's farmers are becoming worried. The the shortage of farm labor and the high wage rate demands, farmers are contemplating the purchase of expensive machinery in place of labor, and how to use current labor forces more efficiently.
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4482
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Citizens of Mt. Olive are puzzled by the boycott of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company by the Farm Labor Organization Committee, an Ohio-based labor union. The company is the town's civic and business backbone and appears to be a good employer. It offers wages that average over $10 an hour; hires minorities (17 percent Hispanic and 49 percent black) but no migrant labor; and buys all cucumbers from union and nonunion farmers. Many townspeople feel the company is being made a scapegoat.
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385
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The Reichert Report was commissioned for the study of the actualities of farm labor conditions and migrant labor life, and to offer suggestions for the improvement of these conditions.
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28413
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The co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), Dolores Huerta, is interviewed. Huerta talks about organizing with the UFW in North Carolina, unionizing workers, public exposure to farm issues, and working with farmers who practice sustainable agriculture.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 5, February 1993,
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