Growers expand labor-contracting for seasonal harvestsJan 1, 1900Labels: Labor contractors, California growersUC PressNPS Weedpatch
Gentlemen’s Agreement limits Japanese labor immigrationFeb 15, 1907Labels: Gentlemen s, Japanese immigrantsBritannicaWikipedia
California enacts Alien Land LawMay 17, 1913Labels: Alien Land, California legislatureWikipediaNatl Archives
Wheatland Hop Riot exposes labor camp conditionsAug 3, 1913Labels: Wheatland Hop, Durst RanchCA ParksWikipedia
Immigration Act creates “Asiatic Barred Zone”Feb 5, 1917Labels: Immigration Act, CongressNatl ArchivesWikipedia
Immigration Act of 1924 sharply reduces Asian entryMay 26, 1924Labels: Immigration Act, federal quotasHistory comWikipedia
Mexican Repatriation reduces farm labor during DepressionJan 1, 1929Labels: Mexican Repatriation, Great DepressionWikipediaTIME
Imperial Valley lettuce strike tests farmworker organizingJan 1, 1930Labels: Imperial Valley, lettuce workersWikipedia
Pixley and Arvin violence escalates cotton strikeOct 10, 1933Labels: Pixley shootings, Arvin violenceEJI CalendarWhoBuiltAmerica
Associated Farmers form to counter farmworker unionsMar 28, 1934Labels: Associated Farmers, grower organizationWikipedia
Federal migrant camp at Weedpatch opensJan 1, 1935Labels: Weedpatch Camp, Federal migrantNPS WeedpatchWikipedia
The Grapes of Wrath publicizes migrant farm laborApr 14, 1939Labels: The Grapes, John SteinbeckSteinbeck InstThe Nation
Executive Order 9066 removes Japanese Americans from farmsFeb 19, 1942Labels: Executive Order, Japanese AmericanNatl Archives
U.S.–Mexico agreement launches Bracero ProgramAug 4, 1942Labels: Bracero Program, U SHistory comCBP Timeline
World War II labor policies entrench migrant wage-labor systemSep 2, 1945Labels: World War, migrant wageCBP TimelineNatl Archives