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The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)

Description: This report introduces the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) and the concerns out of which it grew, from the perspective of labor policy (not of immigration policy). American agricultural employers have long utilized foreign workers on a temporary basis, regarding them as an important manpower resource. Often employed at low wages and under adverse conditions, such alien workers, some argue, may compete unfairly with U.S. workers. To mitigate any "adverse effect" for the domestic workforce, a sys… more
Date: January 21, 2005
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
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An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative

Description: This report discusses administration’s proposed base program called strengthening America’s communities initiative intended to award funds in support of job creation and economic development.
Date: March 24, 2005
Creator: Boyd, Eugene; Mulock, Bruce K.; Smale, Pauline; Cowan, Tadlock; Laney, Garrine P. & Foote, Bruce E.
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An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative

Description: This report discusses administration’s proposed base program called strengthening America’s communities initiative intended to award funds in support of job creation and economic development.
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Boyd, Eugene; Mulock, Bruce K.; Smale, Pauline; Cowan, Tadlock; Laney, Garrine P. & Foote, Bruce E.
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Farm Labor: The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)

Description: American agricultural employers have long utilized foreign workers on a temporary basis, regarding them as an important labor resource. At the same time, the relatively low wages and adverse working conditions of such workers have caused them to be viewed as a threat to domestic American workers. Some have argued that foreign guest workers compete unfairly with U.S. workers — both in terms of compensation that they are willing to accept and by making it somewhat more difficult for domestic work… more
Date: April 14, 2005
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
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The Pigford Case: USDA Settlement of a Discrimination Suit by Black Farmers

Description: This report highlights some of the events that led up to the Pigford class action suit and outlines the structure of the settlement agreement. It also discusses the number of claims reviewed, denied, and awarded, and some of the issues raised by various parties.
Date: December 6, 2005
Creator: Viña, Stephen R. & Cowan, Tadlock
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Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery

Description: In the aftermath of previous, presidentially-declared disasters, Congress has used the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to help states and local governments finance recovery efforts, whether from natural or man-made disasters. This report will provide a general overview of the CDBG program and its use in disaster relief.
Date: October 19, 2005
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
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The Pigford Case: USDA Settlement of a Discrimination Suit by Black Farmers

Description: On April 14, 1999, Federal District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman approved a settlement agreement and consent decree resolving a class action discrimination suit (commonly known as the Pigford case) between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and black farmers. This report highlights some of the events that led up to the Pigford class action suit and outlines the structure of the settlement agreement. It also discusses the number of claims reviewed, denied, and awarded, and some of the issues rai… more
Date: December 6, 2005
Creator: Viña, Stephen R. & Cowan, Tadlock
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