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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 ...
Including recent and historical interviews with Huerta and her family members, the documentary includes historic film footage from the farmworker strikes and marches in Delano, California and New York City, the activism of the Delano grape strike that spread throughout the country, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's meetings with the organizers during ...
In 1970, union leaders and grape growers signed labor contracts ending the grape strike at Reuther Hall; the contracts unionized over 70,000 farmworkers working in the grape industry. After the strike, Chavez moved the union headquarters to a new complex; The Forty Acres continued to function as a service center for farmworkers and a local ...
Delano grape strike: 1960s–1990: Various academics: South African universities: Apartheid: Academic boycott of South Africa: Various: South African produce: Apartheid [citation needed] 1966–1987: Various: Coors Brewing Company: Anti-LGBT hiring practices Discrimination towards minorities and women Anti-unionism Coors strike and boycott [5 ...
The troop "was established in 1965 during the Delano grape strike." [3] Teatro Campesino's early performances drew on varied traditions, such as commedia dell'arte, Spanish religious dramas adapted for teaching Mission Indians, Mexican folk humor, a century-old tradition of Mexican performances in California, and Aztec and Maya sacred ritual ...
In Delano Diary; The Visual Adventure and Social Documentary Work of Jon Lewis, Photographer of the Delano, California Grape Strike, 1966-1968 (University of Nebraska Press, 2009), Street presents the work of Jon Lewis, a young photojournalist who produced an insider’s view of the Delano grape strike between 1966 and 1968.
Cesar Chavez would also later describe the effect of the rent strike: [11] Short of getting into an agricultural strike, the rent strike, which lasted through the summer, was one of the best ways of educating farm workers that there was a union concerned with their economic interests. It was one of the first demonstrations where the black eagle ...
Marissa Aroy, in 2015. Marissa Aroy is an Emmy Award-winning director, best known for her work in the United States. She received a News and Documentary Emmy Award [1] for the documentary, Sikhs in America, and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Historical Programming for The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers.