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Song of the stubborn one thousand : the Watsonville Canning Strike, 1985-87 / Peter Shapiro.
Author
Shapiro, Peter (Labor journalist)
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Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2016.
©2016
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xv, 237 pages ; 22 cm
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HD5326.C2 S52 2016
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Strikes and lockouts
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Food industry and trade
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California
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Watsonville
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History
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Mexican American women labor union members
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California
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Watsonville
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Labor unions
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California
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Watsonville
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Women cannery workers
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California
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Watsonville
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Food industry and trade
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California
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Watsonville
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Frozen foods industry
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California
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Watsonville
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Watsonville Canning and Frozen Food Company
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Summary note
On September 9, 1985, one thousand mainly Mexican women workers in Watsonville, California, the "frozen food capital of the world," were forced out on strike in response to an attempt by Watsonville Canning owner, Mort Console, to break their union. They returned to work eighteen months later. Not one had crossed the picket line. A moribund union has been revitalized, and Watsonville's Latino majority emerged as a major force in local politics. At a time when organized labor was in headlong retreat, the Watsonville Canning strike was a dramatic show of the power of women workers, whose struggle became a rallying point for the Chicano movement. Apart from its sheer drama, the strikers' story illuminates the challenges facing a group of ordinary working people who waged a protracted and ultimately successful struggle against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.
Contents
The frozen food capital of the world
The biggest unio in the country
The Teamsters in Watsonville
Local 912 at bay
The strikers' committee
Exit the king
The Shaw settlement
Enter the Teamsters
Mort Console at bay
The final days.
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Song of the stubborn 1000
ISBN
9781608466801 ((paperback))
1608466809 ((paperback))
OCLC
945949135
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