Today in Labor History March 17, 1966: 100 striking Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers marched from Delano, California to Sacramento to pressure the growers and the state government to answer their demands for better working conditions and higher wages, which were, at the time, below the federal minimum wage. By the time the marchers arrived, on Easter Sunday, April 11, the crowd had grown to 10,000 protesters and their supporters. A few months later, the two unions that represented them, the National Farm Workers Association, led by César Chávez, and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, joined to form the United Farm Workers. The strike was launched on September 8, 1965, by Filipino grape pickers. Mexicans were initially hired as scabs. So, Filipino strike leader Larry Itliong approached Cesar Chavez to get the support of the National Farm Workers Association, and on September 16, 1965, the Mexican farm workers joined the strike. During the strike, the growers and their vigilantes would physically assault the workers and drive their cars and trucks into the picket lines. They also sprayed strikers with pesticides. The strikers persevered nonviolently. They went to the Oakland docks and convinced the longshore workers to support them by refusing to load grapes. This resulted in the spoilage of 1,000 ten-ton cases of grapes. The success of this tactic led to the decision to launch a national grape boycott, which would ultimately help them win the struggle against the growers.
It's great that the NAACP is urging this, but WHY ISN'T EVERY ORGANIZATION that works with LGBTQ folks, women, the disabled, the elderly, poor people, and PEOPLE WITH DECENCY doing the same exact thing? Why is ANYBODY giving Florida their money, at this point? Hasn't Ron DeSantis shown you exactly what he is? BOYCOTT FLORIDA. If you are Latine, if you are Black, if you are Asian, if you are Native - don't give them a single PENNY out of your pocket. De Santis is SCUM.
@thepoliticalcat@KatM DeSantis doesn't need tourist dollars. He gets his money from PACs, lobbyists, CEO's, GOP philanthropists, etc. The ones who need tourism are small business folks, restaurant servers, entertainment talent, hotel staff, et al. And many of them are LGBT, black, disabled, et al. #Florida#boycott
I just came across this TikTok "#boycott#Kelloggs for their #LetThemEatCereal for dinner" remark", and I love how clear the goal and mechanism to achieve it are: if enough people do this one fairly little thing for a full quarter, the powerful will notice, and can be forced to change their behavior.
Today in Labor History February 3, 1964: 464,000 students (45% of all students) boycotted New York City schools to protest racial segregation and poor learning conditions.
Today in Labor History January 30, 1956: Klansmen bombed the home of Martin Luther King Jr in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. No one died in the bombing. However, the explosion destroyed the King’s porch and blasted out their windows. At the time of the bombing, King was giving a speech at the Montgomery Improvement Association at Rev. Ralph Abernathy’s First Baptist Church. No one was ever indicted or convicted for the bombing. The authorities did indict King, and 80 other activists, for “interfering with business,” during the bus boycott and demonstrations.
what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.
This is a list of NYC restaurants that have directly supported the IDF/Israel either by raising money for the Zionist forces or engaging in advocacy to continue the genocide. You can very easily save the Google map list so that next time you're looking for a place to eat in the city, make sure they're NOT on this list! #Boycott these restaurants and submit any more restaurants to the list.