Pineros Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest

Name: Pineros Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
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ISBN: 9780774821148

ISBN-10: 0774821140

ISBN-13: 9780774821148

Edition: 2012

Authors: Brinda Sarathy

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The exploitation of Latino workers in many industries, fromagriculture and meat packing to textile manufacturing and janitorialservices, is well known. By contrast, pineros -- itinerant workers whoform the backbone of the forest management labour force on federal land-- toil in obscurity.Drawing on government papers, media accounts, and interviews withfederal employees and Latino forest workers in Oregon's RogueValley, Brinda Sarathy investigates how the federal government came tobe one of the single largest employers of Latino labour in the PacificNorthwest. She documents pinero wages, working conditions, and benefitsin comparison to those of white loggers and tree planters,exposing…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Brinda Sarathy is an assistant professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



Invisible Workers



Cutting and Planting



From Pears to Pines



The Marginality of Forest Workers



A Tale of Two Valleys



Conclusions


Appendix: Researching Pineros


Notes


Bibliography


Index