Reposted by Onceler
In 1965, they tried to replace migrant workers with high school students - called A-TEAM — Athletes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower
It failed within weeks, in some region within 3 days. It was so bad no one wanted to repeat it.
Until now of course.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
