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Clara Leimlich helped initiate a strike by speaking to her fellow female workers about the indecent pay they would get from their employers and the poor working conditions they were in. She helped the change of America in the conditions in pay that workers would get in the future. She has influenced how women are paid today and the conditions they are in now. -
A fire had broken out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on Saturday, March 25, 1911. There were 500 workers there in total and 146 of them died due to falling, inhalation of smoke, and jumping from the Asch building. Most were from the 9th floor. The fire escape was broken and there was only one elevator working. Stairways weren't even working because they were only to be opened inward. People died from this incident due to poor sanitary conditions and safety measures of the building. -
She was the one who organized the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike. The way she was delivering her powerful speeches and the way she connected to the audience brought her much attention to the issues she addresses. -
The 1912 Lawrence Textile strike was taken place in Massachusetts. Most of the strikers were women and were mostly of immigrant origin. They engaged in peaceful protests wanting a change in their long working hours and in their pay. Due to the support of the public they got better pay, better hours, and no more hate/discrimination towards workers. -
He led a non violent resistance against the British since they enforced imprisonment without trial which was called the Rowlatt Acts. He would be the one to lead the Salt March, which was a march that would end British rule in India and influence/inspire many others for nonviolent protests in the future. -
This was a violent march led by Ghandi and his many followers. They were fighting for the right to be able to buy and sell salt since the British put laws in place to prohibit them from doing so. They would go to villages and Ghandi would speak out about their injustice and many more would follow him. Later on people would get arrested and imprisoned. However in the end, Ghandi succeeded and was able to let his people go free and allow Indians to make salt. -
The Delano Grape Strike was started by Larry Itliong and Ben Gines. They were a part of the AWOC (Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee) and they were helping the Filipino farmworkers who wanted higher pay and working conditions. Later on, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta support them and make a national boycott on California grapes. -
He believed in equality and fighting for the rights of others to make sure that they also feel like humans too. He fought for the working rights of the black and colored people and believed that they should be able to have good working conditions. He even was in Memphis to support the African American garbage workers in the 1968 memphis sanitation strike with signs that read, "I Am a Man," and they were strike for white abusive employers, low wages, and unsafe working conditions. -
He was a major supporter in this strike. He even went with the sanitation workers to march around the city and make speeches on the issue. The workers had a low pay, were overworked, and didn't even have the correct personal protective equipment. -
He helped Filipinos and Mexicans by fighting for their rights and organizing a union for them. His Common Wealth Club Address was very motivating and captivating to the farmworkers. He was a perfect leader to lead the farmers movement and get people to stop buying grapes during the Delano Grape Strike. -
Cesar Chavez made a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California on November 9, 1984 in San Francisco. He addressed the rights and freedoms that farm workers should be able to have. He expreses his emotions towards this issue very well. He states, "All my life, I have been driven by one dream, one goal, one vision: To overthrow a farm labor system in this nation which treats farm workers as if they were not important human beings." - Cesar Chavez