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Omaha Steve

(99,061 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 07:11 PM Mar 2015

3-17-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1966 Labor History in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-17-1426601316/



March 17, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1966. This is the day Chicano labor organizer, Caesar Chavez started a 340 mile march from Delano to Sacramento, California for the rights of farm workers.

The action had actually started the year before, in 1965. Filipino farm workers had gone strike against grape growers in California.

2:00 min audio at link.



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3-17-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1966 Labor History in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2015 OP
Great man of honor. There were a few of them in the 60's misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #1

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
1. Great man of honor. There were a few of them in the 60's
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 07:42 PM
Mar 2015

..men & women who put their lives on the line, dedicated to stepping up for workers & never gave up on equal rights.
Who are the Chavez's of today? They are needed now as critically as back then.
Great post
Thanks

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