Delano grape strike - Wikipedia
The Delano grape strike was a labor strike organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), a predominantly Filipino and AFL-CIO-sponsored labor organization, against table grape growers in Delano, California to fight against the exploitation of farm workers.
The 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike and Boycott – UFW
2017年3月7日 · On September 8, 1965, Filipino American grape workers, members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, walked out on strike against Delano-area table and wine grape growers protesting years of poor pay and conditions.
Workers United: The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott - U.S.
On September 8, 1965, over 800 Filipino farmworkers affiliated with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) struck ten grape vineyards around Delano. They demanded a raise both in their hourly wages, from $1.25 to $1.40, and in the piece rate (the pay a worker earned for each box of grapes packed).
Delano Grape Strike begins | September 8, 1965 - HISTORY
2019年9月25日 · As over 2,000 Filipino-American farm workers refused to go to work picking grapes in the valley north of Bakersfield, California, they set into motion a chain of events that would extend over the...
Grapes Of Wrath: The Forgotten Filipinos Who Led A Farmworker ... - NPR
2015年9月19日 · Filipino farmworkers, including Larry Itliong (left), were the first to walk out of vineyards, prompting the Delano Grape Strike. They would join forces with Mexican laborers led by Cesar...
How Cesar Chavez Joined Larry Itliong to Demand Farm Workers' …
2019年5月7日 · Itliong may not be as well-known a name as Chavez, but his role among Filipino-American workers was as critical in the 1965-70 Delano grape strike—if not more. Updated: April 23, 2024 | Original:...
The Road to Sacramento: Marching for Justice in the Fields
On the morning of March 17, 1966, nearly a hundred striking farmworkers, most of them Mexican American and Filipino, set out on foot from the small town of Delano, bound for the state capital in Sacramento roughly 300 miles to the north.
California Grape Workers’ Strike Timeline - Facing History and …
2020年3月16日 · Students explore the first year of the Delano grape strike, when grape workers in California's San Joaquin Valley went on strike to demand higher wages and better work conditions. Lessons and resources help you explore the sanitation workers’ strike and other events that brought Dr. King to Memphis in the spring of 1968.
California Grape Workers’ Strike: 1965–66 | Facing History
2020年3月16日 · The grape workers strike lasted from 1965 to 1970. In 1966, César Chávez led a march from Delano in the San Joaquin Valley to Sacramento, to draw attention to the strike. The march succeeded in bringing national attention and the first negotiations between vineyard owners and the union.
The Forgotten Filipino-Americans Who Led the ’65 Delano Grape Strike
2015年9月7日 · Filipino farmworkers were the first to walk out of vineyards in 1965, prompting the Delano Grape Strike and, ultimately, the formation of the United Farm Workers along with Mexican farmworkers led by Cesar Chavez.