Pineros
Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2012
- Category
- Labor, Forestry, Hispanic American Studies
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774821131
- Publish Date
- Jan 2012
- List Price
- $85.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774821148
- Publish Date
- Jul 2012
- List Price
- $32.95
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Description
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.
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Contributor Notes
Brinda Sarathy is an assistant professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.