1938 Migratory Field Worker Picking Cotton in California

In November 1938, a migratory field worker picks cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California. This worker is part of a labor movement organized by the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which fought for better wages. At that time, workers earned seventy-five cents per hundred pounds, while strikers sought one dollar. Skilled pickers could harvest about two hundred pounds daily. This image illustrates the agricultural labor practices and the labor movements impact on the cotton industry in the United States.

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