![]() After World War II, Local 7, the Filipino salmon cannery workers union – began to organize workers in Stockton and launched major strikes in 19 in asparagus, winning minor concessions. The 1920s and 1930s witnessed dozens of farm labor strikes in Stockton and the surrounding area, and the rise of militant unions such as the Filipino Agricultural Laborers Association, which won a major strike in 1939 but fizzled during World War II. The roots of the Delano Grape Strike – which launched one of the greatest social movements in American history, the farm workers’ movement – can be found in Stockton, amongst Filipina/o American labor leaders who had fought tirelessly for farm workers’ rights since the 1930s. Associate Professor, History, San Francisco State University (2013, Duke University Press)īy Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Ph.D. Adapted from Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipino American Community in Stockton, Calif.
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