20,000 cotton pickers in southern California’s San Joaquin Valley went on strike six days earlier over wages, working conditions, and union recognition.CLICK TO TWEETStriking workers who had assembled at their union’s office in Pixley, California to hear an organizer speak were shot at by growers who drove up in their pickup trucks. Within minutes, two workers were dead and eight injured. Eight growers were indicted, but all were acquitted of murder. – 1933
-Blogger’s note – From what I’ve read, John Steinbeck used the shooting at Pixley as a part of his book, In Dubious Battle (a personal favorite of which I have a first edition) The book itself deals with a fruit strike.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment