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

Author:   Brinda Sarathy
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
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9780774821148


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 July 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Pineros: Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest


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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 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, she argues, is the product of an ongoing history ofinstitutionalized racism, fragmented policy, and intra-ethnicexploitation in the West. To overcome this legacy, Sarathy offers anumber of proposals to improve the visibility and working conditions ofpineros and to provide them with a stronger voice in immigration andforestry policy-making.

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Author:   Brinda Sarathy
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780774821148


ISBN 10:   0774821140
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Invisible Workers 2 Cutting and Planting 3 From Pears to Pines 4 The Marginality of Forest Workers 5 A Tale of Two Valleys 6 Conclusions Appendix; Bibliography; Notes; Index

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This is a scholar who cares deeply about her subject, writes with passion, and has a contribution to make in achieving social and environmental justice in Oregon forests. This is scholarship with a purpose, and the author is clear about the account's relevance to present-day policy issues. - Richard Rajala, Department of History, University of Victoria


This is a scholar who cares deeply about her subject, writes with passion, and has a contribution to make in achieving social and environmental justice in Oregon forests. This is scholarship with a purpose, and the author is clear about the account's relevance to present-day policy issues.<br> - Richard Rajala, Department of History, University of Victoria


This is a scholar who cares deeply about her subject, writes with passion, and has a contribution to make in achieving social and environmental justice in Oregon forests. This is scholarship with a purpose, and the author is clear about the account's relevance to present-day policy issues. - Richard Rajala, Department of History, University of Victoria


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

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