Tortillas and Tomatoes: Transmigrant Mexican Harvesters in Canada Volume 212

by Tanya Basok

Based on interviews with Leamington greenhouse growers and migrant Mexican workers, Tanya Basok offers a timely analysis of why the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program is needed. She argues that while Mexican workers do not necessarily constitute cheap labour for Canadian growers, they are vital for the survival of some agricultural sectors because they are always available for work, even on holidays and weekends, or when exhausted, sick, or injured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773523383
• ISBN13: 9780773523388
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"