Picketing was in protest over the arrest of 29 persons at a Delano, California ... American farmworkers went on strike to demand higher wages for grape pickers Cesar Chavez’s UFW joined them.

Sixty years after the historic Delano grape strike, which launched Chávez’s 280-mile march to Sacramento with Filipino American and Mexican American farmworkers, over 5,000 United Farm Worker ...

She drove a first-aid truck in the hot California heat, several blocks ahead of marchers on the Delano Grape Strike march. After parking, she ran back to the group and marched with them to the truck.

The recent musical "Larry Itliong" has drawn attention to the legacy of the Filipino civil rights leader known for his ...

home of the historic Delano Grape Strike that began the struggle of the United Farm Workers. The Real News reports from the ground, speaking with union and community leaders who say workers are ...

His father Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano Grape Strike in 1965. Johnny came to StoryCorps to share stories about his dad with his own son. It's Friday, which is when we hear StoryCorps.

When the workers moved north to Delano at the end of the summer, grape growers there refused to make a similar agreement, and A.W.O.C. once more went on strike. On Sept. 16, which just happened to ...

In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for better wages and working conditions. It was the birth of the farmworkers labor movement ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Labor Department inducted three Filipino labor leaders, who led California's Delano Grape Strike in 1965 to win higher wages and better working conditions for farmworkers ...

The park is named after the 1,500 Filipino-American agricultural workers, or “manongs,” who participated in the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. Manong is an Ilocano term that means older brother ...

She organized the 500 workers at the Delano farm to strike with the UFW’s support. Eventually, they won a union contract, and Sanchez was elected as the union representative at her workplace.