farmworker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of farmworker
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The Valley also has a history of activism as the birthplace of the Texas farmworker movement of the 1960’s.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Mexican-American farmworker labor today remains key to the area’s growth and agricultural economy.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Born in New Mexico and raised in California, Huerta took the reins of the US farmworker movement in the 1960s with Chavez.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
He’s also a lifelong resident of the Rio Grande Valley: “My dad was a migrant farmworker, and so was his dad. We don’t come from generational wealth,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
It was one of several farmworker dwellings lined up in a row.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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