These days, grapes in the grocery store don't seem that controversial. But 50 years ago, a historic workers' strike in the vineyards of California's Central Valley set in motion the most significant ...

As the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Delano Filipino Farmworker Grape Strike approaches, 23ABC sits down with one man who was just 12 years old when it happened and speaks about what he remembers. It ...

DELANO, Calif. (KERO) — Nearly 60 years after Filipino farmworkers launched what would become one of America's most significant labor movements, the Filipino American National Historical Society ...

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 ...

DELANO, Calif. — Carolina Sanchez joined the United Farm Workers union in 2016 after the blueberry farm where she worked changed the daily rate for each pound she picked. Subscribe to read this story ...

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 ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Larry Itliong's leadership sparked the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. Filipino laborers walked off the job over pay and inadequate access to water and bathrooms. Itliong headed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Delano Filipino Farmworker Grape Strike approaches, 23ABC sits down with one man who was just ...

FILE - United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez, left, who led the fight as head of the AFL-CIO union local, talks with Larry Itliong, leader of the Filipino Agriculture Workers Organizing Committee, ...