farmworker

noun

farm·​work·​er ˈfärm-ˌwər-kər How to pronounce farmworker (audio)
farmwork noun

Examples of farmworker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Casa de la Cultura — provides aid, services, advocacy and a gathering space for farmworkers and community members from Watsonville to Salinas. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024 In speaking with farmworkers, Ontiveros has identified labor abuse, lack of enforcement of existing laws, wage theft, horrific housing conditions, deterioration of rural education and little-to-no healthcare for farmworkers. Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024 More can be done to protect farmworkers and hold individuals accountable for taking advantage of immigrant workers. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024 Found by a farmworker in the 18th century, they are named after the place where they were buried, Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town to the south of Pompeii that was also destroyed by the blast. Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024 Ontiveros began collecting donations for striking farmworkers and joined the Royal Chicano Air Force artist organization. Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024 Key labor leaders such as Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta incorporated Catholic social teaching as well as religious symbols and practices in their successful unionization of farmworkers. Alexia Salvatierra, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024 An ecologist at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, Perfecto has spent decades studying the diverse assemblage of species that make coffee farms their home, especially some of the smallest farmworkers—the insects. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024 Recently, the University of California’s Cooperative Extension branch, which researches agricultural issues, released a study indicating that having a 40-hour work week has not been as beneficial to farmworkers as its sponsors promised. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of farmworker was in 1843

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“Farmworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmworker. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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