Analysis of Operation of the Wage Ceiling Order for Harvesting Cannery Tomatoes, California, 1943

Excerpts: The wage ceiling on tomato picking did not receive a severe test. Labor supplies were so plentiful that most growers had no difficulty in obtaining sufficient workers at rates below the ceiling. In areas in which labor stringencies did occur, the ceiling program did not operate so smoothly as had been hoped. This was at least partially due to lack of experience of local authorities in handling such regulations.