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Author:
Salas, Jesús, 1944- author.
Title:
Obreros Unidos : the roots and legacy of the farmworkers movement / Jesus Salas.
Publisher:
Wisconsin Historical Society Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
297 pages
Subject:
Obreros Unidos.
Agricultural laborers--History--Wisconsin--History--20th century.
Labor movement--Wisconsin--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
ificantly, OU organizers adopted the Youth Council's direct action strategies in its action for Latino civil rights. Salas demonstrates how the farmworkers' movement and Latino activism of the 1960s led to later action and lobbying efforts on a number of migrant labor and other Latino issues, including the creation of a Hispanic Desk in the Wisconsin governor's executive office, the offering of a Chicano Studies program at UW-Madison, Wisconsin's Bilingual/Bicultural Act and Wisconsin Migrant Labor Law, and the Migrant Tuition Bill"-- ificantly, OU organizers adopted the Youth Council's direct action strategies in its action for Latino civil rights. Salas demonstrates how the farmworkers' movement and Latino activism of the 1960s led to later action and lobbying efforts on a number of migrant labor and other Latino issues, including the creation of a Hispanic Desk in the Wisconsin governor's executive office, the offering of a Chicano Studies program at UW-Madison, Wisconsin's Bilingual/Bicultural Act and Wisconsin Migrant Labor Law, and the Migrant Tuition Bill"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1976600073
9781976600074
LCCN:
2022049630
Locations:
CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

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