Strike! the Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights (Brimner Larry Dane)(Paperback)

*Discover the important history of California's migrant workers and their strike for fair wages during the Delano grape strike in the 1960's

*Learn about Latino civil rights activist Csar Chvez and Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong

*From Sibert award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner Here is the gripping story of the Grape Strike that stirred a nation, as well as the rise of Latino civil rights activist Csar Chvez and the United Farm Workers of America. In the 1960's, while the United States was at war and racial tensions were boiling over, Filipino-American workers were demanding fair wages and decent living conditions in California's vineyards. When the workers walked off the fields in September 1965, the great Delano grape strike began. Did the signing of labor contracts with growers in 1970 mean an end to the problems
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