Publications
Workers Compensation Literature. A free brochure, Understanding Workers' Compensation Insurance, written for employees and employers is available from the California Department of Insurance. Phone the consumer hotline, 800/927-4357.
The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) offers employers several publications. Single copies of the following are free, bulk orders 75¢ plus postage: Workers' Compensation Insurance Pricing, An Employer's Guide to the Pricing Process; Know Your Workers' Compensation Insurance Costs; Workers' Compensation Experience Rating: An Employer's Guide to the California Experience Rating Plan; and An Employer's Guide to the California Workers' Compensation Insurance Classification System. WCIRB priced publications include: Manual of Rules, Classifications and Basic Rates for Workers' Compensation Insurance, ($7.90); California Experience Rating Plan - 1951, ($5.44); California Workers' Compensation Retrospective Rating Plan, ($4.75); and California Workers' Compensation Unit Statistical Plan - 1983, ($6.90). These may be ordered from WCIRB at Spear Street Tower, Suite 500, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94105 (phone 415/777-0777); send orders for priced publications prepaid to the Accounting Department.
Farm Labor Research Reports. Seasonal Labor in California Agriculture, by John W. Mamer and Alexa Wilkie (November 1989, 208 pages), presents estimated hours of labor required, as well as descriptions of work methods used, in 28 California crops. The Occupational Mobility of Current and Former Farm Workers: A Comparative Analysis in Two California Labor Markets, by Susan Gabbard and Luin Goldring (July 1991, 47 pages), reports on post-IRCA job moves by farm workers in the Watsonville and Orange County areas. Both reports are available from Special Projects Unit, Labor Market Information Division, MIC 57, Employment Development Department, Box 942880, Sacramento, CA 94280-0001 (phone 916/424-7310).
Safety Publications available from Steve Sutter, UC Cooperative Extension, 1720 South Maple Avenue, Fresno, CA 93702 (phone 209/488-3285 or 800/742-1101, Ext. 3285): Agricultural Personnel Management Program Newsletter, English (free); Written Accident and Illness Prevention Programs, English/Spanish, 22 pages ($2); Selected Cal/OSHA Safety Orders, English, 30 pages ($2); Abundance of Posters Required in Agricultural Employment, English/Spanish ($1); Catalog of Selected Safety Materials and Resources, English/Spanish, 27 pages ($2); Field Sanitation Packet, including hygiene posters, field sanitation rule, vendors list, English/Spanish ($1); Cal/EPA Agricultural Hazard Communication Standard Information, English, 38 pages ($2.50); Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), paper prepared for July 9, 1992, meeting in Parlier ($1); Accident Investigation Report, Guide for Identifying Causal Factors, English, 11 pages (free); "Farmworker injury and illness: statistical guides to prevention," California Agriculture, Vol. 45, No. 6, November-December 1991, pp. 13-15 (free).
Training and Management Resources. Brochures and a catalog list personnel management publications, video tapes, and computer software available from Pfeiffer & Company (formerly University Associates), 8517 Production Avenue, San Diego, CA 92121-2280 (phone 619/578-5900; FAX 619/578-2042).
Philip Vera Cruz: A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement, by Craig Scharlin and Lilia Villanueva, based on interviews with Vera Cruz in the late 1970s. Now 87, Vera Cruz is a former union official. Photographs are included. Price is $14.95 plus $1 postage (California residents add sales tax); make checks payable to "UC Regents." Order from UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education, 1001 Gayley Avenue, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1478, or from UCLA Asian-American Studies Center, 3230 Campbell Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1546.
Video Tape
Avoiding Immigration Discrimination in Agriculture. Using four vignettes of typical farm worker hiring situations, the video covers questions to ask and those not to ask. Also included are comments of a senior trial attorney in the special office of the U.S. Department of Justice charged with investigating Immigration Reform and Control Act anti-discrimination complaints. The video can also be used to train foremen and office personnel. Purchase price is $20 plus $2.50 shipping and handling. Make checks payable to "American Farm Bureau Federation" or "AFBF," but send orders to: National Council of Agricultural Employers, 1735 I St., NW, Suite 704, Washington, DC 20006. n
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