I Am Not a Tractor! How Florida Farmworkers Took on the Fast Food Giants and Won

[Excerpt from jacket] I Am Not a Tractor! celebrates the courage, vision, and creativity of the farmworkers and community leaders who have transformed one of the worst agricultural situations in the United States into one of the best. Susan L. Marquis highlights past abuses workers in Florida\u27s tomato fields: toxic pesticide exposure, beatings, sexual assault, rampant wage theft, and even, astonishingly, modern-day slavery. Marquis unveils how, even without new legislation, regulation, or government participation, these farmworkers have dramatically improved their work conditions. Marquis credits this success to the immigrants from Mexico, Haiti, and Guatemala who formed the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a neuroscience major who takes great pride in the watermelon crew he runs, a leading farmer/grower who was once homeless, and a retired New York State judge who volunteered to stuff envelopes and ended up building a groundbreaking institution. Through the Fair Food Program that they have developed, fought for, and implemented, these people have changed the lives of more than thirty thousand field workers. I Am Not a Tractor! offers a range of solutions to a problem that is rooted in our nation\u27s slave history and that is worsened by ongoing conflict over immigration

Legal Integration in the Common Market

The primary purpose of this article is to analyze the interaction between the Court of Justice and national courts from the standpoint of its impact upon integration in the Common Market. The status and success of the Community as an important new type of legal order depends upon this interaction being in a Community building direction. In particular, conflicts between national and Community law must be satisfactorily resolved

A study of selected student attitudes toward factors that influence academic achievement

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of selected African-American male college students and the impact of financing, role-modeling, high school preparation, college/community acceptance, and family support on academic achievement at Rowan University. The study sought to determine if any of these factors had a significant relationship with academic achievement. Academic achievement was measured by a self-reported GPA of 2.76 or higher, which was higher than Rowan University\u27s minimum requirement (2.5) for graduation, and honors achievements (awards, certificates, honor societies). Responses were measured using a Likert scale of 1-Strongly Agree to 5-Strongly Disagree. Respondents reported that financial aid (69%), college/community acceptance (63%), role-modeling (78%), family support (92%), and high school preparation (51%) influenced them most. Respondents who reported a GPA of 2.76 or higher also reported that financial aid (63%), college/community acceptance (63%), role-modeling (61%), family support (60%), and high school preparation (59%) influenced most. According to the mean response rate, respondents who reported a GPA of 2.76 or higher recognize the influence of family support (60%) and role-modeling (61%) as having the greatest impact on academic achievement. There was a significant relationship between the statement I feel well prepared to take college courses and academic achievement

Development of Handbook Addressing Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Motivation in the Corporate Training Setting

This research project focuses on strategies for increasing intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy beliefs of participants in the one to two day corporate training session. It consists of three primary components: (1) identifying strategies that can be utilized to increase intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy beliefs through a review of literature and interviews with corporate trainers, (2) testing of strategies within training sessions to determine if utilizing the strategies results in an increase of participants\u27 intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy beliefs, and (3) developing a handbook outlining these strategies that can be utilized by corporate trainers. Although additional research is needed in this area, the results of the strategy testing do appear to indicate that the inclusion of strategies for increasing intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy beliefs can be successful in increasing participants\u27 motivation or at least their satisfaction with the training