Historical Hindsights: Migrant workers asked to stay in Greeley, Weld (Greeley Tribune)

12 March 2010, 12:35 am

In the early 20th century many of the laborers who worked in the sugar beet fields near Greeley were Latino migrant workers, who were only here for part of the year. Great Western Sugar Co. factory managers wanted to entice their top workers to stay in the county year-round to keep from having to retrain new employees each season to work in the sugar beet fields and factories. Greeley area ...... Read More »

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