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MAR
19
Brown Bag: The UFW Grape Boycott in Urban America, 1965 to 1970 (Fillipino Americans)
- Date:
- Monday, 19 Mar 2018
- Time:
- 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Location:
- MSU Museum Auditorium
- Department:
- Asian Studies Center
Event Details:
A talk by Jose Moreno and Dionicio Valdes.
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.
