Labor History in 2:00
August 28 - Filipino Lettuce Workers Strike
August 28, 2024
On this day in labor history, the year was 1934.That was the day 7,000 white and Filipino lettuce workers in Californias Salinas Valley walked out on strike.Salinas was the lettuce capital of the world.The division of labor in the Valley was largel
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