1968 California Grape Strike, reported by Nanette Rainone

by Pacifica Radio Archives

1968 CALIFORNIA GRAPE STRIKE, reported by Nanette Rainone. Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss the strike. BROADCAST: WBAI, 8 Dec. 1968. (ca. 45 min.) BB3904 Pacifica Radio Archives.

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On September 8, 1965, Filipino American grape workers, members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, walked out on strike against Delano-area table and wine grape growers protesting years of poor pay and conditions. The Filipinos asked Cesar Chavez, who led a mostly Latino farm workers union, the National Farm Workers Association, to join their strike.

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