In California labor history lessons, the names Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta are well known. Less taught, however, is the name of Larry Itliong, an influential Filipino labor organizer. A new stage ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cesar Chavez was the face of the farm labor movement, but Larry Itliong provided the spark by starting the 1965 grape strike in Delano. Itliong urged Chavez to merge ...