Birth of a union
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Attempts to organize farmworkers into a union failed during the 1950s because the braceros, who made up a sizable portion of migrant workers were afraid to join unions since their immigration status was temporary and they feared deportation. The changes that took place in the formation of unions since, Cesar Chavez, a former migrant worker and an activist founded the National Farmworkers of America (NFWA) in 1962, are detailed.
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Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2004
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Most migrant children get little schooling
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Poverty and the transient nature of migrant work make it extremely difficult for migrant children to finish school and hence they never graduate from high school. A special Head Start program for migrant children runs Head Start centers where some 34000 migrants' infants, toddlers and preschoolers spend the day while their parents are working.
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ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2004
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Health food chains
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The health-food trend in America has provided a new marketing opportunity for the food industry to link its products to healthy diets. The FDA, DSHEA, NCI are all part of the Department of Health and Human Services that takes care of the claims made by the manufacturers about dietary supplements and health-foods.
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ISSN: 1056-2036
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