Excerpts: The wage ceiling on tomato picking did not receive a severe test. Labor supplies were so plentiful that most growers had no difficulty in obtaining sufficient workers at rates below the ceiling. In areas in which labor stringencies did occur, the ceiling program did not operate so smoothly as had been hoped. This was at least partially due to lack of experience of local authorities in handling such regulations.
Details
Title
Analysis of Operation of the Wage Ceiling Order for Harvesting Cannery Tomatoes, California, 1943
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/341350
Language
English
Total Pages
52
Note
This is the third of a series of reports prepared at the request of the California USDA Wage Board on operation of agricultural wage ceilings in California in 1943. Tables included: Table 1.- Number of farms growing tomatoes, acres in tomatoes, and acreage per farm in tomatoes in 1939, with 1943 estimate of acreage -- Table 2.- Canning tomatoes: Production, price, and yield per acre, California, 1930-43 – Table 3.-Changes in canning tomato acreages, yield, production, prices, and returns, by area in the United States, comparing 1918-20 with 1937-40 --- Table 4.-Year-round cycle of operations in the production of cannery tomatoes, California, with man hours required per acre – Table 5.-Workers engaged in harvesting tomatoes.
