Delano Grape Strike

By haitianrevolution2019
  • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

    Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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    Mexican Revolution

    A revolution in Mexico ending the dictatorship in Mexico and establishing a constitutional republic, giving Mexicans more rights.
  • National Labor Relations Act of 1935

    National Labor Relations Act of 1935

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    Bracero Program

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  • Operation Wetback

    Operation Wetback

    A U.S. immigration law enforcement campaign resulting in the mass deportation of 1 million Mexican nationals. Source: Vox.com

  • Strike hits California's Grape Harvest

  • Coachella Valley Strike

    Coachella Valley Strike

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  • The first collaboration between Filipino and Mexican American workers

    The first collaboration between Filipino and Mexican American workers

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  • March to Sacramento

    March to Sacramento

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  • Police Brutality

    Police beat and arrest a striking worker in Delano. The union intends take legal action against the police officers.

  • National Attention

    Striking farmworkers and supporters gain the most national attention for boycott of California table grapes.
  • Chavez's Fast and Kennedy's Entry

    Chavez's Fast and Kennedy's Entry

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  • The End

    The United Farm Workers sign three-year​ contracts with the Delano grape growers, thus ending the strike and boycott.

  • Contracts Expire

    With the expiration of the grape contracts of 1970, workers sign with the Teamsters Union.

  • Agricultural Labor Relation Act is passed