Delano grape strike
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The Delano grape strike was a labor strike organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, a predominantly Filipino and AFL-CIO-sponsored labor organization, against table grape growers in
César Chávez (seated) shakes hands with John Giumarra Jr. after signing an agreement to end the strike
The Forty Acres complex in Delano was made a National Landmark in 2008
Dolores Huerta holding a Huelga (strike) sign
United Farm Worker's strike in Delano
Cesar Chavez
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Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later me
Delano grape strike
…water supply as well as physical punishment to try to reinforce the strikers to work. To prevent the strike from ending in failure, Itliong sought out Cesar Chavez, who was the leader of the newly established NFWA. Chavez initially declined Itliong's request because he believed the NFWA was not financially stable…
Chavez in 1979
Dolores Huerta, pictured in 2016, was a key ally of Chavez's in his formation of the NFWA.
Cesar Chavez (center) on a march from the Mexican border to Sacramento with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California, July 1975