Without the factories being built the generated new jobs, the northern cities turned out to be a more appealing place for an immigrant looking for a job. With New Orleans was no
Relief programs and missions were placed in urban areas to construct better homes for the working class, get rid of child labor and poverty, and to demand safety and health
They “worked long hours for little pay”(Flesh & Blood So Cheap). “In 1911, 50,000 people died on the job-that is about 140 a day, every day”(Flesh & Blood So Cheap). They did not have any health insurance, and if you were hurt or even killed on the job then that is too bad. The employers did not care because they thought the immigrant women and children were easy to replace. According to OSHA, “every worker has the right to a safe workplace” (osha.gov).
The union gave farm workers many benefits like better working conditions, and hope. The UFW didn't only benefit farm workers, but Hispanics all over by giving them pride and hope. "The farm workers gave them hope"(P12). Farm workers had hope for there future as farm workers because of the union.
Adding to the difficulties faced by braceros who attempted to engage in the program and come to work in the U.S. legally, there was the problem of illegal immigration and the fact that the INS, at least tacitly, encouraged Mexicans to illegally cross the border into the U.S. Illegal workers were often “legalized” if they happened to be detained by the border patrol, especially if it was during a peak season for American farmers. (cite, 140) At some points during the program, depending on the state in question, the number of illegal workers actually outnumbered legal braceros. (cite, 141) This certainly served to make the plight of the braceros an even more unsavory one. As Mexicans flooded across the border in ever-increasing numbers, the advantage
Latino Families in Therapy Second Edition was published in 2014. Celia Jeas Falicov who is a clinical psychologist, author and currently teaching at the University of California in San Diego wrote the book. As the main contributor of the book Celia’s goal is to help others understand the importance of being competent when working with Latino Families and acknowledging that because the families come from a different background than those giving the interventions we must find therapeutic approaches that will benefit the Latino community. Falicov gives great insight to the different Latino communities that we could encounter and successful evidence based practices that can be used such as a meeting place for culture and therapy (MECA).
A lot of immigrants were recruited by farm owners to work for them on their farms and lands. Many of these Mexicans also worked in non-agricultural jobs, such as factories and other shops. When the Great Depression
The movement brought together workers from diverse backgrounds and helped to bridge
Chavez ultimately was successful in helping migrant workers, especially Hispanic workers in California, to obtain workplace safety and fair pay. The problem with scholarly silence around people like Chavez and things like the labor movement and unions is that when we don’t learn about these things, we don’t learn how to successfully resist. How to resist unfair laws and corporate behavior is something that most history textbooks don’t spend any time talking about. I believe such silence exists because the dominant, ruling class doesn’t want marginalized people to learn how to resist – to learn that people and unions were extremely successful in stopping corporate greed, low (or no) wages, and unsafe working conditions.
As a result, from 1860 to 1900 alone, the number of urban areas in the United States expanded fivefold (Source 2). The immigrants who desperately needed employment and the greed of factory owners made the rise of sweat shops astonishing. Around the country low-paid immigrants, including women and children, worked for excessively long
Many of the Mexican population in the U.S. were migrants, which restricted certain freedoms. In "Mexican Americans and the Great Depression," Steven Mintz wrote "The New Deal offered Mexican Americans a little help... Many, however, did not qualify for relief assistance because as migrant workers they did not meet residency requirements. Furthermore, agricultural workers were not eligible for benefits under workers' compensation, Social Security, and the National Labor Relations Act." This information is valuable because it informs us that New Deal benefits excluded Mexicans due to residency requirements and agricultural worker eligibility.
The Bracero Program was a guest worker program implemented by the United States between 1942 and 1964 that brought millions of Mexican laborers to work in agriculture, railroads, and other industries. The program's main goal was to fill labor shortages in the United States during World War II and to support the U.S. economy after the war. However, perspectives are split on whether the Bracero Program was an opportunity for Mexican-American laborers or an exploitation of their sacrifices and hardworking nature. The Bracero program was an exploitation of Mexican-American laborers due to several aspects, mainly being the wages they were paid, the labor/working conditions they were subjected to, and the housing conditions they lived in.
Numerous migrants were untalented and willing to work extend periods of time for little pay. Gilded Age plutocrat thought of them as the ideal representatives for their sweatshops, where working conditions were risky and specialists persevered through long stretches of joblessness, wage cuts and no
Rather than fleeing from the Depression, most Asians sought to stay through it by creating informal community networks through which families and friends could mutually assist one another in times of emergency, like a support system. Since only support systems couldn’t fully sustain every Asian’s family, Asian Americans, many for the first time, turned to the federal government for assistance. They didn’t seek the government’s assistance before as Asian Americans understandably feared government authorities and many Asian Americans were unaware that they were entitled to relief assistance. Despite these shortcomings, the federal government made positive contributions to Asian-American communities during the Depression, and in doing so, may
The cities had a lot of unskilled industrial jobs. That made it easier for the immigrants to find jobs, and make money
