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Pineros

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

Distributed for University of British Columbia Press

Pineros

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

Although the exploitation of Latino workers in many industries is well known, pineros – Latino forest workers – toil largely in obscurity. Brinda Sarathy investigates how the US federal government came to be one of the country’s largest employers of Latino labour, and documents pinero wages and working conditions in comparison to those of white forest labourers. Pinero exploitation, Sarathy argues, is the product of an ongoing history of institutionalized racism in the West. Overcoming this legacy depends on improving the visibility and working conditions of pineros and providing them with a stronger voice in immigration and forestry policy-making.


208 pages | © 2012

Economics and Business: Business--Industry and Labor


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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