Mostly Filipino grape pickers belonging to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by #LarryItliong, #PeteVelasco and#PhilipVeraCruz, begin the #DelanoGrapeStrike in September 1965 and ask Cesar Chavez’s largely Latino union to join their picket lines. #LaUnionHaceLaFuerza #UFW #50thAnniversary #GrapeStrike ![]() |
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United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom