September 1965
Labor / multiracial organizingBook sources
Filipino and Mexican farmworkers join the Delano grape strike
Delano, California; Filipino and Mexican farmworkers
Filipino workers organized through the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee began the Delano grape strike on September 8. The National Farm Workers Association voted to join on September 16. Their cooperation built a campaign for better conditions that used strikes and consumer boycotts.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
This entry marks the beginning of a multiyear campaign, not its final settlement. Attributing the strike only to César Chávez erases Filipino organizers, including Larry Itliong, and the workers who initiated it.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 22, pp. 614–616; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- National Park Service: Workers United, the Delano grape strike and boycott ↗