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Modesto "Larry" Dulay Itliong (October 25, 1913 – February 1977 [a]), also known as "Seven Fingers", [3] was a Filipino-American union organizer.He organized West Coast agricultural workers starting in the 1930s, and rose to national prominence in 1965, when he, Philip Vera Cruz, Benjamin Gines and Pete Velasco, walked off the farms of area table-grape growers, demanding wages equal to the ...
Itliong was born in the Philippines in 1913 as Modesto "Larry" Dulay Itliong. He immigrated to the United States at a young age. Itliong ended up moving to Stockton after serving in World War II .
Californians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who organized strikes and built coalitions between farmworkers alongside César Chávez and Dolores ...
The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by organizer Larry Itliong.
Larry Itliong and Ben Gines would go on to lead the strike. During this time, AWOC members were often met with violence from farm growers. [ 40 ] Despite many barriers and discouragement from growers, Filipino farmworkers did not give up and kept the movement strong until they could strengthen it when they aligned with Cesar Chavez.
The History Channel's 'The Food That Built America' is returning to television screens for its sixth season and two Delish editors will be joining the show.
Delano grape strike begins when members of Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by Philip Vera Cruz, Larry Dulay Itliong, Benjamin Gines, Mariano Armington, Andy Imutan and Pete Velasco with mostly Filipino farm workers. [107] The last Filipino village, Manila Village, in the Louisiana Bayou is destroyed by Hurricane Betsy. [42] [108]
Madigan jury deadlocked on some counts The jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial told the judge Wednesday that they were deadlocked on 12 counts filed by federal ...