"Roberto Acuna Talks About Farm Workers"

In the nonfiction book "Working," the oral historian and radio broadcaster Studs Terkel compiled the thoughts of a range of interviewees to find out how "People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do." This list focuses on a former field hand who pushed for better conditions through the United Farm Workers of America.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Cause Greater Than Self, The New Colossus, The Statue of Liberty Address, poems about America, America, America and I, What Is an American, Growing Up Asian in America, Let America Be America Again, The Four Freedoms, The Bill of Rights, What Is Freedom, Is the American Dream Still Possible, The Declaration of Independence, poems about immigrants, Money, A Raisin in the Sun, Who Burns, Roberto Acuna, Barack Obama, The Right to Fail
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  1. corporation
    a business firm recognized by law as a single body
    I saw the need to change the California feudal system, to change the lives of farm workers, to make these huge corporations feel they're not above anybody.
  2. subsidy
    a grant of financial assistance, especially by a government
    They can have land subsidies for the growers but they can't have adequate unemployment compensation for the workers.
  3. insulate
    surround with material to protect from heat, cold, or noise
    They have heat and insulated barns for the animals but the workers live in beat-up shacks with no heat at all.
  4. denounce
    accuse or condemn openly as disgraceful
    I would read all these things in the papers about Cesar Chavez and I would denounce him because I still had that thing about becoming a first class patriotic citizen.
  5. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
    I don't know--I just got caught up with it all, the beautiful feeling of solidarity.
  6. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
    We're trying to stipulate it in our contract that the company will not use any machinery without the consent of the farm workers.
  7. degrading
    characterized by dishonor
    Working in the fields is not in itself a degrading job.
  8. decent
    sufficient for the purpose
    It's hard, but if you're given regular hours, better pay, decent housing, unemployment, and medical compensation, pension plans--we have a very relaxed way of living.
  9. compensation
    something given or received as payment or reparation
    If we had proper compensation we wouldn't have to be working seventeen hours a day and following the crops.
  10. consequence
    the outcome of an event
    When people have melons or cucumber or carrots or lettuce, they don't know how they got on their table and the consequences to the people who picked it.
Created on 十一月 9, 2014 (updated 十一月 9, 2014)

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