Diversity in Technology
Asian Americans Making History "Farm Workers Rights" One remarkable man, Larry Itliong, made history in 1965. He immigrated from the Philippines at just 15 years old and started working as a laborer on the West Coast of the United States. Later, he joined strikes in Washington, became a labor organizer, and became a union leader, forming the Filipino Farm Labor Union in 1956. It all began when Larry and other colleagues walked off the farms demanding better and equal wages compared to the minimum wage at the time. This strike was eventually named "The Delano Grape Strike". After World War II, Larry served in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 37, then was elected Vice President in 1953 and eventually in 1956 founding the Filipino Farm Labor Union. Most of his followers were Filipinos coming to the United State...