DELANO, Calif. (KERO) — Delano announced its plans to name a new park after Larry Itliong. Itliong lived in Delano and was a key figure in farm labor movements including the Delano Grape Strike ...

Agriculture has always been Delano’s major industry, as well as its long history of Grape Strike that was led by Itliong himself.

Johnny Itliong grew up in California's grape fields. His father Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano Grape Strike in 1965. Johnny came to StoryCorps to share stories about his dad with his own son.

In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for better wages and working conditions. It was the birth of the farmworkers labor movement ...

The U.S. Labor Department inducted Filipino labor leaders Larry Dulay Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz and Peter Gines Velasco, who led the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, into the department's Hall of Honor ...

Larry Itliong might not be a household name, but he's an iconic hero in the Filipino and farmworkers' communities. The Philippine-born labor leader (1913-1977), who settled in Stockton after ...

In 1965, Itliong brought labor workers to boycott in the Delano grape strike. But it wasn't until recently that Itliong was finally credited for his work in the California labor movement.

Itliong is best remembered for leading the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and co-founding the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.

In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for better wages and working conditions.

Itliong among other Filipino-American leaders organized the 1965 Delano Grape Strike. Though many people believe César Chávez called that strike, it was Itliong’s Filipino farm workers ...

The U.S. Labor Department inducted Filipino labor leaders Larry Dulay Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz and Peter Gines Velasco, who led the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, into the department's Hall of Honor ...