Discussions questions
watch the video uploaded here for Filipino Farmworker Video Questions
or you can see it on youtube too
1. first video is : The story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm labor movements finest hours The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 that brought about the creation of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW).
2. second video is about : Access the free lesson plan accompanying this video at asianamericanedu.org/filipino-american-farmworkers.html
This video explores the experiences and contributions of Filipino American farmworkers in the fields of Californias Central Valley during the mid-1960s. Migrant farmworkers, who worked long hours for low wages and were not protected by labor laws, organized for better living and working conditions. Larry Itliong, a Filipino labor organizer and co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), advocated for workers rights and called for solidarity with Mexican American migrant farmworkers, leading to the formation of the United Farmworkers Union (UFW). Together, Filipino and Mexican Americans engaged in a five-year-long workers strike and boycott against the California grape industry, eventually winning significant improvements and protections to their working conditions.
