SOC 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Calibration, Family Wage, Living Wage
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Family wage: a certain amount of money we can give to one worker that could be enough for their family to survive on. Office hours- mondays at the career center 1:00-4:00. Social powerless - employers can exploit their workers depending on what they need from their employees. Farm work- labor in which the workers cultivate the land and prepare food products for consumers. Reading on african women who are farm workers. Working on the land, cultivating the crops, despite how important it is for society and the economy, women do the most important work yet aren"t elevated socially for the work they do. Farm workers rights- ciw- collision of immokalee workers. Immokalee is a small town primarily of farm workers based in southwest florida. The ciw is fighting for the rights of farm workers low wages and poor conditions led the workers to join together and advocate for their rights.
