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Workers prefer growers over FLCs

Author(s) -

Gregory Encina Billikopf

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v051n01p30

Subject(s) - crew , work (physics) , agricultural science , business , agricultural economics , marketing , operations management , economics , geography , engineering , environmental science , mechanical engineering , archaeology

Given a choice, crew workers overwhelmingly prefer working for a grower rather than for a farm labor contractor. FLCs generally have a couple of advantages over growers including less of a language barrier and the potential for providing longer work seasons. Nevertheless, workers perceive growers as providing more work (per day and per season); better pay, benefits and working conditions; better treatment; and even better communication and instructions.

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