IV. Race of the Orchards
Growers who defend the importation of Jamaican apple pickers say the job requires special attributes--traits they would like to pass ...
Puerto Rico: Attacks on Labor
On November 10, over 10,000 workers, representing 42 labor unions, paralyzed traffic for hours as they marched to the Capitol ...
III. Puerto Ricans on Contract
Puerto Rico is second only to Mexico as a source of cheap imported labor for U.S. growers; and on the ...
Norteno Music: People’s Culture
Recent headlines have been filled with news from the U.S.- Mexican border. President Carter's new immigration plan, campaigns against undocumented ...
NACLA News
Shortly after the Sept.-Oct. Report went to press, action in Congress invalidated part of the Update story on recent human ...
Panama Canal: Behind the Treaty
The Panama Canal Treaty has become one of the most important political issues this year. In the U.S. its bipartisan ...
Migrant Labor: U.S. Virgin Island
The U.S. purchased the Danish West Indies in 1916, ostensibly as a war measure designed to keep the Germans out ...
Nicaragua: Regime in Crisis
Recent events in Nicaragua threaten to bring an end to the infamous Somoza dynasty which has been in control for ...
