Bracero Transportation
Dublin Core
Title
Bracero Transportation
Subject
farm labor, transportation
Description
When the Bracero program began in 1943 farm workers were recruited in Mexico, traveled by truck or bus to a processing center at the border, then traveled by train to labor camps in the Pacific Northwest. The trip took 7 days. During the war years the federal governments of the United States and Mexico shared the costs of transporting Braceros to the Pacific Northwest. After the war those costs were passed on to the employers. In 1948 round-trip travel expenses were $162.95 per worker. For a short time Washington State growers used converted army transport planes to fly workers from the processing centers on the border to a distribution center in Seattle.
Creator
Anon
Source
Relander Collection, Yakima Valley Libraries
Publisher
Yakima Valley Libraries
Date
1948
Contributor
Relander, Click
Format
JPEG photo
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Anon, “Bracero Transportation,” Yakima Valley Libraries, accessed May 5, 2024, https://yakimalocalhistory.omeka.net/items/show/12.