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DESCRIPTION:Song of The Stubborn One Thousand\nThe Watsonville Canning Strike, 1985 – 
 87 \nBook reading by Peter Shapiro \n 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 an attempt by 
 Watsonville Canning’s owner, Mort Console, to break their union. They 
 returned to work eighteen months later. Not one had crossed the picket 
 line. A moribund local union had been revitalized, and Watsonville’s 
 Latino majority emerged as a major force in local politics. \n 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. \n 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. \nSee also: 
 http://www.thegreenarcade.com/\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2017/2017schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/21/18800324.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Book Reading: Song of The Stubborn One Thousand
LOCATION:Green Arcade Bookstore - 1680 Market St. at Gough, San Francisco. Civic 
 Center BART, Van Ness Muni Metro.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/21/18800324.php
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