Note:
Richard S. Fischer, A Defense Of The Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act, 59 Texas L. Rev. 3 (1981).
 

Abstract:
Faced with the social and economic hardships endured by migrant and seasonal farm workers and their undernourished children, Congress deemed their plight “a charge upon the conscience of us all” and enacted the 1976 Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (FLCRA). The act guarantees that farmworkers receive notice of the terms and conditions of employment agreements, and serves to generally deters employers from exposing farmworkers to hazardous conditions, breaching employment agreements, or denying farmworker employees the rights and benefits secured by other federal statutes. In 1980, Congress rejected proposed amendments to the FLCRA that would have excluded many agricultural employers and most farmworkers from the Act’s scope. Although the FLCRA has endured similar assaults, none have been so well organized or so nearly successful in mitigating the protective ability of the Act. Fischer’s note is concerned with the future amendment proposals that will almost certainly threaten the integrity of the Act. He defends the legitimacy of the Act based upon a variety of legal and social policy arguments.