The Latino Freeze Movement is turning our $3.7 trillion economic power into resistance—because companies that don’t value us ...
That’s the one you know, but there have been others. There is the Delano Grape Strike and Boycott led by César Chávez that resulted in the creation of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union.
This month, we recognize one of the pioneers in the fight for social justice. When we acknowledge the César Chávez holiday, we honor the legacy of a leader who fought tirelessly for farmworkers’ ...
A Labor Day story of migrant farmworker Larry Itliong’s fight for better conditions In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for ...
A grape picker in California works between ... In September, 1965, they called a general strike in Delano, California, against 38 major growers. When the logistics of maintaining the strike ...