Agricultural Personnel Management Program
University of California

Labor Management Decisions

Following are the articles that have appeared in Labor Management Decisions since the first issue, Spring 1991, Volume 1, Number 1. Eventually all the articles referred to will also be up on the APMP website. In the meantime, if you would like to receive a particular issue, write or phone Betsey Tabraham (Email: tabraham@are.berkeley.edu. Phone: 510/642-2296).
 
In the list below, volume and issue numbers are shown in abbreviated form in parentheses after the date. The first issue, for example, is (1.1).


APMP Research and Education Projects 
 

  • APMP-Funded Projects Pending. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Assisting Southeast Asian Refugee Farmers. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • California Farm Worker Statistics Previewed. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Calling for New Looks at Farm Labor Management. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Cruising Along the WPS Information Highway. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • Developing Supervisory Skills en Español. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Grant Program. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Growers' Decisions to Hire Farm Labor Contractors and Custom Harvesters. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Management Choices Front and Center. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • New Database Catalogs Safety Materials. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Report Spotlights Farm Labor Contractors. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Researchers Report on Farm Labor Dilemmas. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Ventura County Survey Focuses on Women Agricultural Workers. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • Employee Communications and Supervision

  • Avoiding Sex Discrimination In and Out of the Packing Industry. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Developing Supervisory Skills en Español. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Iowa "Ombudsman" Program Aids Worker-Employer Communication. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Safety Program: Grab T heir Attention, Keep It Simple, and Follow Through. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Sexual Harassment: It Happens in Agriculture. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • Supervising Across L anguage Barriers. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Farm Labor Contractors

  • FLCs Subject to Added Expectations and Scrutiny. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Growers' Decisions to Hire Farm Labor Contractors and Custom Harvesters. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • New Phone Number for Inquiries on Federal FLC Registration. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Report Spotlights Farm Labor Contractors. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Turning to Farm Labor Contractors. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Immigration

  • Family Unity Update. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Green Card Deadline is March 20, 1995. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • How to Avoid Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Immigration and Farm Worker Unions. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • IRCA Implementation News. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • New Immigration Law Includes Provisions for Families. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Labor Relations

  • The ALRB: Earning California's Trust. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • ALRB Goals for Today and Tomorrow. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • ALRB Rul ing on Discharge After Recall Protest. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • ALRB Sets Aside Union Decertification Election. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Commission Reports Findings on Worker- Management Relations. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Immigration and Farm Worker Unions. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Laws and Regulations

  • ADA Now Covers Employers of 15 or More. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • ADA Soon Coming Into Play. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • Adjustment of W PS Training Requirement to Be Considered. Spring 1994 (4.1).
  • California Follows Most of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • California Tou ghens Child Labor Law. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Family Unity Update. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • FLCs Subject to Added Expectations and Scrutiny. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • How to Avoid Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • IRCA Implementation News. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Labor Law Enforcement Targets Agriculture. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Labor Officers See Improvement in Fresno Area. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Might Your Farm Safety Committ ee Be a "Labor Organization"? Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • New EPA Standard Includes Heat Stress Management. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • New Field Sanitation Standard Will Be Enforced. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • New Immigration Law Includes Provisions for Families. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Prepare to Avoid Trouble Under the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Seven Commonly Asked Questions about Employment and the ADA. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Sexual Harassment: It Happens in Agriculture. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • Uncertainties Reign on WPS Implementation. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Workers' Compensation Reform of 1993. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • Pay and Benefits

  • Aerospace Material Offers Advantages for Farm Worker Housing. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • Assisting Southeast Asian Refugee Farmers. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • California Follows Most of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • Further Reductions in Workers' C ompensation Rates. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Incentives: Those That Worked and Those That Failed. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • Payroll Tax Management. Summer 1992 (2. 2).
  • Required Safety Training Meetings Count as Paid Working Time. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Restructuring Wages to Cut Workers' Compensation Costs. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Unpaid Wages Disbursed by DIR. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • USDA Farm Labor Statistics (employment and wages). Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • USDA Farm Labor Statistics (employment and wages). Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Workers' Compensation Reform of 1993. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • Workers' Compensation Special Issue:
  • Personnel Policies and Management

  • Farm Personnel Policies by Computer: Review of One Software Package. Spring 1991 (1.1.) Management Choices Front and Center. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Policies PLUS Employee Handboo k and Procedures Manual: Software Review. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • Recruitment and Selection

  • ADA Soon Coming Into Play. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • Avoiding Sex Discrimination In and Out of the Packing Industry. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • California Toughens Child Labor Law. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • DOL Operates Nationwide Seasonal Job Service. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • EDD Computer Network Matches Jobs and Applicants Statewide. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Growers' Decisions to Hire Farm Labor Contractors and Custom Harvesters. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • How to Avoid Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Green Card Deadline is March 20, 1995. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • New Phone Number for Inquiries on Federal FLC Registration. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Prepare to Avoid Trouble Under the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Seven Commonly Asked Questions about Employment and the ADA. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Snapshots in a Farm Labor Tradition. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • Turning to Farm Labor Contractors. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Safety and Health

  • Adjustment of WPS Training Requirement to Be Considered. Spring 1994 (4.1).
  • Aerospace Material Offers Advantages for Farm Worker Housing. Summer 199 4 (4.2).
  • California Toughens Child Labor Law. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Cruising Along the WPS Information Highway. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • Further Reductions in Workers' Compensation Rates. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Getting Injury and Illness Down on the Farm. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Health and Safety Training Needs to Be Specific. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • Might Your Farm Safety Committee Be a "Labor Organization"? Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • New Database Catalogs Safety Materials. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • New EPA Standard Includes Heat Stress Management. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • New Field Sanitation Standard Will Be Enforced. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • Pesticide Illnesses More Common Outside Ag. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • Preventing and Coping with Workplace Violence. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • Required Safety Training Meetings Count as Paid Working Time. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Safety Program (sample policy statement). Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Safety Program: Grab Their Attention, Keep It Simple, and Follow Through. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Safety Tip from Richard Bruce. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • Safety Tips. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Sexual Harassment: It Happens in Agriculture. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • Training and Managing to Improve Farm Safety. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Uncertai nties Reign on WPS Implementation. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Violent Incident at Packing Plant. Fall-Winter 1994 (4.3).
  • Workers' Compensation Reform of 1993. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • Workers' Compensation Special Issue. See Pay and Benefits.
  • Work force and Worker Services

  • Aerospace Material Offers Advantages for Farm Worker Housing. Summer 1994 (4.2).
  • California Farm Worker Statistics Previewed. Fa ll 1992 (2.3).
  • DIR Establishes Toll-Free Number for Farm Workers. Summer 1992 (2.2).
  • Family Unity Update. Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Farm Worker Message Service. Fall 1993 (3.2).
  • Farm Worker Services Hearings Completed. Fall 1992 (2.3).
  • Freeze Assistance for Farm Workers. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Governor to Be Advised on Farm Worker Services. Winter-Spring 1992 (2.1).
  • Hearings of the Commission on Agricultural Workers. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • New Immigration Law Includes Provisions for Families. Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • Snapshots in a Farm Labor Tradition. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).
  • USDA Farm Labor Statistics (employment and wages). Spring 1991 (1.1).
  • USDA Farm Labor Statistics (employment and wages). Fall 1991 (1.2).
  • Ventura County Survey Focuses on Women Agricultural Workers. Winter-Spring 1993 (3.1).  

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