1972 A Year of Battles & Victories for the Union: 1972 Año de Batallas y Victorias para la Unión

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Included are images of various events that took place between January through March of 1972. In January of 1972 Nam Freeman, a college student in Florida was murdered while supporting farm workers. Romulo Dominguez was killed by immigration officers in February of 1972. 1972 was not only highlighted by tragedy there were also some victories during those months. Some victories included: farm workers signing a union labor contract in February with Coca Cola and a letter writing campaign designed to stopped anti-union legislation from passing.

Keywords

January, February, March, battles, unions, victoriers, Strikes, Florida, college students, Talisman Corporation, Romulo Dominguez Avalos, killed, immigration, farm workers, United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO, Coca-Cola corporation, union contracts, campaigns, Nixon, National Labor Relations Board, Cesar Chavez, Nam Freeman

Date

1973

Language

English

Location

United States

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Text

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El Malcriado Newspaper Collection

Repository

Archives & Special Collections of California State University, Monterey Bay

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"1972 A Year of Battles & Victories for the Union: 1972 Año de Batallas y Victorias para la Unión" (1973). Subjects. 182.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/elmalcriado_subjects/182