farmworker

[ fahrm-wur-ker ]

noun

1. farm hand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of farmworker¹

farm + worker

Example Sentences

“Because farm labor is seasonal, high-turnover work, many farmworker witnesses will be unavailable by the time appellate proceedings conclude,” the UFW said.

From Los Angeles Times

In the latest update in a dispute over a campaign to unionize workers at a powerful Kern County agricultural company, a California appellate court has ruled that negotiations can continue between the state’s largest farmworker union and Wonderful Co.

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Her father-in-law started off as a farmworker before buying his first plot of land in 1969.

From Los Angeles Times

SB 1299 would have changed the burden of proof in workers’ compensation claims when a farmworker develops a heat-related injury after laboring outdoors for an employer who fails to comply with the state’s heat safety standards.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of the farmworker having to prove the injury occurred on the job, as is typical in workers’ compensation cases, it would have been the employer’s responsibility to prove the illness was not work-related.

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