Migrant worker

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, NPR producer Felix Contreras interviews his father, a former migrant worker, about labor leader Cesar Chavez.

Information resource about the health of migratory and seasonal farmworkers in the U.S.

Farmworkers in South Texas marched 200 miles for better wages and working conditions. But the strike ultimately failed, and workers today face the same problem: growers who systematically underpay.

A migrant farm worker picking red delicious apples on the Richter Orchard, Northport, New York. The picker's hands move so fast that they blurred when photographed. I had trouble keeping up with him as he flew from tree to tree, top to bottom.

The lineup includes three Spanish films with some English dialogue: "Bracero of the Year," "Pito Perez Becomes a Bracero" and "Wetbacks." One English film, called "Border Incident," includes Spanish subtitles.

Some of these images of Bracero workers haven't been seen since they were published in the Saturday Evening Post in the 1950s.

This article analyzes migratory flows and labor outcomes for temporary migrants from Mexico who participate in the H-2A visa program in the United States and th...

A Mexican-American migrant girl works in a tomato field in Indiana in 1968.

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