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Delano grape strike César Chávez shakes hands with John Giumarra Jr. after signing an agreement to end the strike Date September 7, 1965 – July 29, 1970 (1965-09-07 – 1970-07-29) Location Delano, California Goals Increased wages and working conditions Methods Strikes, boycotting, demonstrations Resulted in Collective bargaining agreement Parties 1965–1966 Agricultural Workers ...
1964–1965 Scripto strike: Atlanta: United States 1965–70 Delano grape strike: Delano, California: United States 1966 1966 New York City transit strike: New York City: United States 1966–73 Gurindji strike: Kalkarindji, Northern Territory: Australia 1966 Texas farm workers' strike: Texas: United States 1966–67 St. John's University ...
Delano grape strike: 1965–70 Delano, California: 10,000 [96] 1907 San Francisco streetcar strike: 1907 San Francisco, California: 10,000 2021 John Deere strike: 2021 Nationwide 10,000 [50] Goodyear strike: 1948 Akron, Ohio: 10,000 Pacific Northwest lumber strike: 1935 U.S. Pacific Northwest: 10,000 1907 New York City rent strike: 1907 New ...
A strike against the grape growers in Delano, California, that began in 1965 represented a major victory. It lasted for five years. and workers endured a 340-mile march from Delano to Sacramento ...
While Itliong began his organizing efforts shortly after he arrived in America, participating in walkouts and fighting for fair labor contracts, he was best known for the Delano grape strike of 1965.
It was 1965 and throngs of Filipinos and Mexican workers walked out from their jobs in the grape fields of Delano, protesting unfair wages and unjust treatment and demanding the right to unionize.
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.
Huerta would go on to play a pivotal role in the 1965–1970 Delano, California, grape strike and boycott, which brought nationwide attention to the exploitation of farmworkers. Ultimately, her ...