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Photographer: book cover: Library of Michigan; Onion harvest: Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor News
Caption: Federal Emergency Farm Labor Act
Additional Description: In addition to allowing U.S. farms to hire seasonal workers from other countries, the act strongly encouraged farms to:
• pay prevailing wages and provide on-the-job training,
• provide adequate housing with electricity and good drinking water
• protect worker health and provide compensation insurance, and
• prvent local religious, educational and recreation discrimination.
Bottom left image caption: Boxing up onions at the Krummrey Farm.
Submitted: May 1, 2023, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p720666
File Size: 2.234 Megabytes

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