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my timeline covers migrant workers in America in the 20th century.

Created by lilnativegurl on Dec 6, 2010

Last updated: 12/08/10 at 11:13 AM

• yet somethings were the same
  1994

  the latino still liked the outdoors and they were able to work near their family members. they also worked very hard like twenty years before.

• many things had changed over the years since 1920s
  Jul 1, 1992

  The USA had changed a lot since the 1920s. People had to be 16 and over to work in the orchards or anywhere for that fact. People could go home for the winter and still get paid for that time period.

• research leads to changes in labor
  1989

  researchers found out that the fruit was being picked too late due to the lack of workers. so the orchard owners sped up the picking process by putting more people to work. this increased the production.

• the latinos that were undocumented were taking over
  Jul 1, 1980

  the okies and arkies were being replaced by the mexicans and latinos

• more changes means more workers
  Jul 1, 1980

  the labor force was changing in the 1980s so were the requirments. there was more year round working so the workers stayed longer in one orchard.

• dustbowl migrants
  Dec 6, 1970

  Many left their homes in southern states with their parents, came west, mainly cali., work was plentiful picking cotton and peas

• WWII labor shortage brings different nationalities to the fields
  Jul 1, 1970

  people came from all over to help out since the men had to go over to fight in the war

• Mexicans become a new main source of labor
  Jul 1, 1967

  by the late sixties in the late sixties the mexicans were becoming the new main source of labor

• even the hippies joined
  Jul 1, 1940

  the hippies arrived at the orchards in phychedelic painted vans and pickups with the cabins built in to the back

• a not so good expierience for gladys
  Jul 1, 1940

  gladys left her home with her family in the 1940s and went to pick cotton, they left when the seasons changed.

• searching for seasonal labor
  Jul 1, 1940

  people were no longer clamoring for jobs so the orchard owners had to find new workers in order to fill the void of people. so people would move from place to place in the seasons.

• native americans as migrant workers
  Jul 1, 1930

  native americans came to get extra work.

• Okies and Arkies crop-pickers during depression
  Jul 1, 1930

  people who were Okies and Arkies were usually from the Dakotas,and other states to the Northern states

• packing own food
  Jul 1, 1920

  school was sometimes shut down for the harvesting of the food