Susana Wittrock entered the fields more than a decade after the Delano grape strike. From ages 7 to 13 she picked grapes in the same California fields as workers who initiated the five-year strike ...

On March 31, also known as Cesar Chavez Day, unions and workers from across California converged on Delano, home of the historic Delano Grape Strike that began the struggle of the United Farm Workers.

Delano, founded July 14, 1869 as a railroad town, ... Itliong and other union leaders organized and participated in multiple agriculture strikes, such as the Delano grape strike.