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Collection: Texas FarmWorkers Union Collection

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"Campesinos"

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A promotional flyer created by the Texas Farm Workers Union.

Tags: 1970s, Activism, Agricultural Union, Farm Workers, Labor, Texas, Union

Texas Farm Workers Union Petition

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This petition demanded the Texas State Legislature grant farm workers the right to collective bargaining.

Tags: 1970s, Activism, Agricultural Union, Farm Workers, Labor, Texas, Union

"35 farm workers arrested, freed"

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A newsclipping reporting the mass-arrest during the Union march on Washington.

Tags: Agricultural Union, Antonio Orendain, Arrests, Civil liberties, Congressman, Deep South, Demonstration, Farm Workers, Labor, March, Newsclipping, Protest, Union

"Texas farm workers are back on the road"

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A local newsclipping reporting on the mass-arrest of Union marchers.

Tags: 1970s, Activism, Agricultural Union, Demonstration, Farm Workers, Labor, March, Protest, Strike, Texas, Union

"Valley of Tears"

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A report in the Daily Texan about alleged abuse and harassment of striking workers by local law enforcement. Includes quotations and background information.

Tags: 1970s, Activism, Agricultural Union, Demonstration, Farm Workers, Labor, Protest, Strike, Texas, Union

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