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003			DLC
005			20190524125301.0
008			170723s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017035097
020			_a9781501713088 _q(cloth : _qalk. paper)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us-fl
040			_aNIC/DLC _beng _erda _cNIC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aHD1527.F6 _bM37 2017
082	0	0	_a331.88/130975944 _223
100	1		_aMarquis, Susan L. _q(Susan Lynn), _d1960-
245	1	0	_aI am not a tractor! : _bhow Florida farmworkers took on the fast food giants and won / _cSusan L. Marquis.
264		1	_aIthaca : _bILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, _c2017.
300			_axv, 279 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue : getting to Immokalee -- To beat one of us is to beat us all! -- Bang your head against the wall long enough, and you have to admit it starts to hurt -- Campaigning for fair food -- Has anyone talked with these guys? -- Eyes wide open -- Forging the path by walking it -- "Value" can have a different meaning -- What difference? -- Designed for the future.
520			_a"I am Not a Tractor! celebrates the courage, vision, and creativity of the farmworkers and community leaders who have transformed one of the worst agricultural situation in the United States into one of the best. Susan Marquis highlights past abuses workers suffered in Florida's tomato fields: toxic pesticide exposure, beatings, sexual assault, rampant wage theft, and even, astonishingly, modern-day slavery. Marquis unveils how, even without new legislation, regulation, or government participation, these farmworkers have dramatically improved their work conditions. Marquis credits this success to the immigrants from Mexico, Haiti, and Guatemala who formed the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a neuroscience major who takes great pride in the watermelon crew he runs, a leading farmer/grower who was once homeless, and a retired New York State judge who volunteered to stuff envelopes and ended up building a ground-breaking institution. Through the "Fair Food Program" that they have developed, fought for, and implemented, these people have changed the lives of more than thirty thousand field workers. I Am Not a Tractor! offers a range of solutions to a problem that is rooted in our nation's slave history and that is worsened by ongoing conflict over immigration"-- _cPublisher's Web site.
610	2	0	_aCoalition of Immokalee Workers.
650		0	_aAgricultural laborers _zFlorida _zImmokalee.
650		0	_aAgricultural laborers _xLabor unions _zFlorida _zImmokalee.
650		0	_aFood industry and trade _zFlorida _zImmokalee _xEmployees.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aMarquis, Susan L. (Susan Lynn), 1960- author. _tI am not a tractor! _dIthaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017 _z9781501713088 _w(DLC) 2017035883
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