Employment and housing problems of migratory workers in New York and New Jersey canning industries, 1943 [electronic resource] / U. S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau.

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Title	Employment and housing problems of migratory workers in New York and New Jersey canning industries, 1943 [electronic resource] / U. S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau.
Item Number	l0077
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Women's Bureau
Contributors	Sater, Helen Bryan.; Manning, Caroline.
Government Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1944
Physical Description	35 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series	Bulletin of The Women's Bureau ; no. 190.
Notes	United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, Washington, December 15, 1943. Madam: I have the honor to transmit a report on problems arising from the wartime necessity of employing migratory workers in New York and New Jersey canneries... The survey was conducted and most of the report was written by Helen Bryan Sater. The sections on employment, hours, and wages were written by Caroline Manning. Respectfully submitted. Mary Anderson, Director. Hon. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor.--Letter of transmittal.; Title from cover.
Table of Contents	Introduction and scope -- Products -- Source of labor supply and its recruitment -- Employment -- Occupations new to women -- Hours of work -- Cannery wages -- Working conditions -- Problems of migratory labor.
Summary	Because of the large number of women involved, facts surrounding the employment of women in canning and food-processing industries have been of continuing interest to the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor... After the entry of the United States into the present war it was considered important by the Women's Bureau to know what changes were taking place in an industry employing so large a percentage of women and one that is so vital to the war effort. Since women have been and probably will continue to be the largest source of labor supply for canneries, it would be especially unfortunate to accept for an emergency period an unnecessary lowering of standards, particularly inasmuch as canneries, as a whole, are regarded as having standards lower than those obtaining in many other industries. The war should not be used as a pretext for lowering standards when the situation does not warrant it. Canners are in a better position financially than ever before to improve working conditions within the plant and living conditions for migratory workers. The Office of Price Administration has made generous allowance for the increase in labor costs to canneries, and in spite of ceiling prices canners' incomes are greatly augmented by large Government orders. As a preliminary, studies were made during the summer and fall of 1943 of canneries in New Jersey and New York. Data were gathered covering kinds of foods processed; number of weeks of cannery operation; wages, hours, and working conditions. Emphasis was put on obtaining information with regard to the extent and percentage of woman employment; sources of labor supply and methods of its recruitment; and the problems surrounding the use of migratory labor. The information was secured through visits to plants and to migrant-housing locations, and from interviews with representatives of plant management and of canners' associations, officials of Federal and State agencies, representative of private agencies, union officials, and individual workers. The facts gathered were not intended for a statistical report. Some plant records were studied but no pay rolls were copied. A total of 57 canneries were visited. Twenty-one of these were in New Jersey and thirty-six were in New York.--p. 1
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Employment--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Food supply. Canned foods industry--United States. Canneries--United States. Women cannery workers--New York (State). Women cannery workers--New Jersey. Women migrant labor--New York (State). Women migrant labor--New Jersey. Housing--Effect of wars on. Division of labor--United States. Lend-lease operations (1941-1945).
Gov Doc Classification	L 13.3:198
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	l0077.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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