Migratory Cotton Pickers San Joaquin Valley 1938

Migratory field workers pick cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California, in November 1938. At the time, workers earn seventy-five cents for every one hundred pounds harvested. Strikers, organized under the Congress of Industrial Organizations union, advocate for one dollar. A skilled picker can collect around two hundred pounds daily in optimal conditions.

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