Employment on California farms
John W. Mamer, Cooperative Extension, Berkeley
Varden Fuller, Experiment Station. Davis.
California Agriculture 32(11):10-11. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v032n11p10.
John W. Mamer is Agricultural Economist, Cooperative Extension, Berkeley; Varden Fuller is Professor Emeritus, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station. Davis.
Although technology will continue to be developed and used on California farms, greater stability in employer-employee relations (stimulated by modern labor management, collective bargaining, Unemployment Insurance, and non-wage benefits) is likely to displace as many farm workers.
Both are members of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.