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Pineros

Latino Labour and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest

by (author) Brinda Sarathy

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2012
Category
Labor, Forestry, Hispanic American Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774821131
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $85.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774821148
    Publish Date
    Jul 2012
    List Price
    $32.95

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Although the exploitation of Latino workers in many industries is well known, pineros – Latino forest workers – toil largely in obscurity. Brinda Sarathy investigates how the US federal government came to be one of the country’s largest employers of Latino labour, and documents pinero wages and working conditions in comparison to those of white forest labourers. Pinero exploitation, Sarathy argues, is the product of an ongoing history of institutionalized racism in the West. Overcoming this legacy depends on improving the visibility and working conditions of pineros and providing them with a stronger voice in immigration and forestry policy-making.

 

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Contributor Notes

Brinda Sarathy is an assistant professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.