Willard Wirtz
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Willard Wirtz served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Lyndon B. Johnson and was instrumental in launching the A-TEAM initiative in 1965, aimed at recruiting high school athletes to replace migrant agricultural workers. His announcement of the program was met with skepticism, as it ultimately failed to address the labor shortages in agriculture.
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Willard Wirtz was the Secretary of Labor who sought to recruit high school students for the A-TEAM program.
El programa con el que hace 60 años Estados Unidos quiso sustituir a agricultores migrantes con estudiantes y resultó un fiascoLa Prensa – leading Panamanian daily, est. 1980·
Panama· 2025-09-20
Panama· 2025-09-20
