Via InquirerUSA Fil-Am labor leader still hasn't been given his due
Yes, the very same grape strike that made Cesar Chavez famous wasn’t Chavez’s idea.
Itliong had a cackling laugh and was tough, crass and ready for a fight. Chavez always had a quiet, solemn nature, with a preference for non-violence and hunger strikes. But to Alex Edillor, president of the Filipino American Historical Society’s Delano Chapter, Larry’s still not quite where he should be, and maybe will never be. Edillor says even in Delano where he grew up, there’s still an uneasiness about what Larry and the Filipino strikers did.
Edillor, who was just in grade school at the time, recalls when his father came back from a picket line and found out the stipend promised was just $5 a week. “He was devastated,” Edillor told me. “It wasn’t nearly enough [to cover family expenses]. So you know the great strike wasn’t the cohesive movement in Delano itself.”
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