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Song of the Stubborn One Thousand: The Watsonville Canning Strike, 1985-87
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by Peter Shapiro


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On September 9, 1985, one thousand mainly Mexican women workers in Watsonville, California, the "frozen food capital of the world," were forced out on strike in response to an attempt by Watsonville Canning owner, Mort Console, to break their union. They returned to work eighteen months later. Not one had crossed the picket line. A moribund union has been revitalized, and Watsonville's Latino majority emerged as a major force in local politics. At a time when organized labor was in headlong retreat, the Watsonville Canning strike was a dramatic show of the power of women workers, whose struggle became a rallying point for the Chicano movement. Apart from its sheer drama, the strikers' story illuminates the challenges facing a group of ordinary working people who waged a protracted and ultimately successful struggle against seemingly insurmountable odds.

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  • Title Song of the Stubborn One Thousand: The Watsonville Canning Strike, 1985-87
  • Author Peter Shapiro
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 237
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Haymarket Books
  • Date 2016-08
  • ISBN 9781608466801 / 1608466809
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Cultural Region: Northern California
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Chicano
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Watsonville Canning and Frozen Food Company, Strikes and lockouts - Food industry and
  • Dewey Decimal Code 331.892

About the author

Peter Shapiro: Peter Shapiro is a retired letter carrier and longtime labor journalist. His union paper was repeatedly honored during his tenure as editor, and he has published in Labor Notes, Labor Studies Journal, Unity, and The Nation.
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