LAS 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: The Negotiation, Operation Bootstrap, Social Programs In The United States
10 Sep 2017
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1940-50s(world war 2): puerto rican and mexican workers were subjected to mass labor importation programs in the us. Mexicans could earn legal entry into the country through the emergency farm. For puerto rico this helped with the islands overpopulation and helped reduce the unemployment rate. Mexicans and puerto ricans served as valuable labor to. 1945: wave of mexican migrant workers coming to chicago. 1946: a committee was made to help the workers with any needs they may be having. Began addressing the unfair pay, bad work conditions and long hours. Puerto rican migrant workers had begun having the same issues, but did not have formal agreements with the us like the mexican workers. Their citizenship had limits, conditions and qualifications. They were locked in to a low-wage labor market(as well as the mexicans) Not all mexicans in the us were non citizens. Those born in the us or naturalized immigrants.
