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Pineros: Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
Brinda Sarathy
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Description for Pineros: Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
Paperback. Sarathy draws on interviews, government documents, and media accounts to trace the Latinization of forest labour in the US Pacific Northwest and the marginalization of Latino workers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; KCF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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 largely 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, exposingexploitation that, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774821148
SKU
V9780774821148
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About Brinda Sarathy
Brinda Sarathy is an assistant professor ofenvironmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
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