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
Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization, she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with fel
Delano grape strike
…the strike was supported by Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers Union, who provided publicity and financial support for the strike, as well as Dolores Huerta, who would go on to become a co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union when the AWOC and the NFWA merged. Huerta subsequently expanded the network of…
Speaking at a rally in Santa Barbara, California on September 24, 2006
Dolores Huerta in 2009
Dolores Huerta speaking at a Hillary Clinton campaign rally with former President Bill Clinton at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona