Title: Struggle for Justice
Subtitle: The Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin
Description: 16 pages, includes 20 b/w photos by David Giffey, who co-authored bi-lingual text (Spanish-English) with Jesus Salas. Describes the migrant farm worker labor movement and independent union activities of Obreros Unidos, founded by Salas, in Central Wisconsin in the 1960s. Mostly Chicano workers from Crystal City and south Texas worked in Wisconsin cucumber harvest. An 80-mile protest march, labor strikes and the first-ever migrant worker union election ensued. Workers voted 405-8 for union representation but management refused to negotiate. Precedent-setting cases were involved. The book is out of print but can be seen on the Wisconsin Labor History Society website.
Subjects: labor, civil rights, chicano history
Places: Wautoma, Wisconsin
People: Jesus Salas, David Giffey
Time periods: 1960s