Strike! : the farm workers' fight for their rights

by Larry Dane Brimner

Paper Book, 2014

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Biography & Autobiography. Juvenile Nonfiction. Sociology. HTML:*Discover the important history of Californiaâ??s migrant workers and their strike for fair wages during the Delano grape strike in the 1960â??s *Learn about Latino civil rights activist CĂ©sar Chávez and Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong *From Sibert award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner   Here is the gripping story of the Grape Strike that stirred a nation, as well as the rise of Latino civil rights activist CĂ©sar Chávez and the United Farm Workers of America.   In the 1960â??s, while the United States was at war and racial tensions were boiling over, Filipino-American workers were demanding fair wages and decent living conditions in Californiaâ??s vineyards.  When the workers walked off the fields in September 1965, the great Delano grape strike began.  Did the signing of labor contracts with growers in 1970 mean an end to the problems of the American field laborers, or was it a short-lived truce? This nonfiction book for young readers follows the five-year long strike and also provides details about CĂ©sar Chávez and the United Farm Workers.  Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimnerâ??s riveting text, complemented by black-and-white archival photographs and the words of workers, organizers, and growers,… (more)

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Available

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331.89283

Publication

Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek Books, [2014].

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LibraryThing member cm37107
In 1965, as the grapes in California’s Coachella Valley were ready to harvest, migrant Filipino American workers—who picked and readied the crop for shipping—negotiated a wage of $1.40 per hour, the same wage growers had agreed to pay guest workers from Mexico. But when the Filipino grape
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pickers moved north to Delano, in the Central Valley, and again asked for $1.40 an hour, the growers refused. The ensuing conflict set off one of the longest and most successful strikes in American history.
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LibraryThing member harrisrm
An exceptional book that focuses on the cultural and social history of farm workers movement. The story traces the creation of the United Farm Workers union and the use of protest techniques such as boycotts along the way. The book is design for middle school readers. The additional headings and
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subheading are extremely useful for students locating information within the chapters. The inclusion of photographs, maps,timelines and other elements add to the quality of the text and its usefulness in student research.
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LibraryThing member Sullywriter
An outstanding history of the United Farm Workers (UFW) beginning with the action of a group of Filipino farm workers who walked off the California fields in 1965 under the leadership of Larry Itliong. Brimner thoroughly chronicles the rise of union and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez and the
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controversies surrounding him. A compelling narrative with great use of primary sources, photographs and other archival images. Accessible and attractively design. An exemplary work providing great insight into an essential chapter of American labor history.
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1590789970 / 9781590789971
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