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Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic; Governance. The district is governed by a board of directors elected from geographical sub-districts. Each of the five directors is ...
The Yakima Valley was an important hops and apple district; many men would travel to the valley during the summer seeking work. After the men were laid off due to being transient workers, they became provoked to strike in regards to the lack of work offered, in which farmers responded by creating vigilante bands around the orchards.
In 1970, the Seattle chapter supported the United Farm Workers movement with a Harvest for Peace, gathering food, clothing, and money for Christmas baskets for Yakima Valley's Chicano farm workers. [28] The group also organized a grape boycott. [28] In 1970, the Yakima Brown Berets chapter brought Cesar Chavez to the lower Yakima Valley. [28]
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.
The Bracero Program (from the Spanish term bracero [bɾaˈse.ɾo], meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a U.S. Government-sponsored program that imported Mexican farm and railroad workers into the United States between the years 1942 and 1964.
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Rosenbaum, Rene P. "Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC): Grassroots Organizing for the Empowerment of the Migrant Farm Worker Community." Culture and Agriculture. No. 47 (Fall 1993). Rosenbaum, Rene P. "Unionization of Tomato Field Workers in Northwest Ohio, 1967–1969." Labor History. 35:3 (Summer 1994). Schneider, Keith.
Denton was charged with first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief in connection with domestic violence, according to the Yakima Herald. Denton was stabbed to death by two inmates, according to the Seattle Times. Jail or Agency: Yakima County Jail; State: Washington; Date arrested or booked: 5/10/2016