Liberal mythology tells us that farm worker unions hardly existed until the creation of United Farm Workers (UFW) in the ‘60s, and that they appeared with no history of earlier struggles. That ...

Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both labor rights icons credited with leading a movement that pushed growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers. Their ...

Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers united in 1965 to strike against California grape growers, under the stewardship of Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong and one of the founders of the ...