Pay, Power, and Health: HRI and the Agricultural Conundrum

Gail Wadsworth; Michael Courville; Marc B Schenker

doi:10.1177/0160449X18767749

Pay, Power, and Health: HRI and the Agricultural Conundrum

Gail Wadsworth, Michael Courville, Marc B Schenker

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Abstract

As part of a five-year integrated study on heat-related illness (HRI) among farmworkers in California, the California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) convened focus groups with farmworkers in regions of the state where HRI was prevalent. CIRS also interviewed employers and other stakeholders in the state. While this study was not designed to identify causal relationships, we were able to identify patterns of interaction that point to the intersection of agricultural system structures and worker agency in making self-care decisions. Structural categories, such as productivity losses/gains, cut across all self-care choices, often overriding other factors for decision making.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Labor Studies Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X18767749
State	Accepted/In press - Mar 1 2018

Keywords

farmworkers
heat illness
piece rate pay
rural
self-care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Industrial relations
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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