News Stories on Pineros (Men of the Pines)

The Sacramento Bee is running a series on pineros (men of the pines), which includes many Mexican immigrants whho work in the forstery industry.

The November 13 installment reports that:

First in 1980 and again in 1993, Congress expressed shock at the abuse of Latino forest workers in America’s woods and the hypocrisy of undocumented workers doing government work. Today, despite the influx of thousands of legal guest workers into reforestation, much of the work force remains undocumented. And the abject living conditions and wage exploitation that outraged Congress endure.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/pineros/

The employer of many of these workers is the U.S. Forest Service. To see the series, see