Thesis StatementThe plight of the Delano Filipino farmworkers triggered the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. The Filipino farmworkers led by the Manong generation, united with the Mexican farmworkers under Cesar Chavez to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC).The five year strike, conducted in a non-violent manner by the UFWOC, resulted in the signing of the first union contracts between the farm workers and the grape growers which established their rights and responsibilities.
During the Delano Grape Strike, all were united and fighting for the farmworkers: In the photo - Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, (front row); Larry Itliong, Andy Imutan (second row) and Philip Vera Cuz (partly hidden, back row). (Photo from Farmworker Movement Online Gallery)
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Delano is in Kern County, California, about 31 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
The Filipino farmworkers started the strike that became the Great Delano Grape Strike of 1965.
Source: "The Delano Manongs" Documentary |
ABBReviations
AFL-CIO: American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
AWOC: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
NFWA: National Farm Workers Association
UFWOC: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
AWOC: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
NFWA: National Farm Workers Association
UFWOC: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee