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This Day in Labor History: March 17, 1966

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 17, 2019

On March 17, 1966, farmworkers organizing in the United Farm Workers marched from Delano to Sacramento to bring attention to their plight, one of the most important early moments in what soon became the United Farm Workers. Farm workers lived pretty tough lives. The itinerant nature and physical stress of the work gave employers tremendous […]

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LGM Review of Books: Gabriel Thompson, America’s Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century

By Erik Loomis

On October 21, 2018

Real organizing is very hard. There’s lots of talk on the left about organizing but most of it is just that. And talking is not organizing. Actually mobilizing people to take power for themselves is

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César Chávez National Monument

By Erik Loomis

On October 10, 2012

I am quite happy that President Obama has created the César Chávez National Monument. Although we are in a moment of much needed Chávez revisionism that begins to take apart the hagiography that pl

This Day in Labor History: July 29, 1970

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 29, 2012

On this date in 1970, the United Farm Workers achieved its greatest victory, ending its five-year grape boycott after growers agreed to a contract, the first in the history of California farm labor. Farm workers lived pretty tough lives. The itinerant nature and physical stress of the work gave employers tremendous power over their labor. […]

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Challenging Cesar Chavez’s Reputation

By Erik Loomis

On April 9, 2012

I’ve been waiting for about 5 years for Cesar Chavez’s public reputation to face serious challenge. After Chavez’s death, he became a hero nearly on the level of Martin Luther King.