· Seattle, Washington
Killing of Virgil Duyungan and Aurelio Simon
injustice
Content note: this entry describes violence.
Virgil Duyungan and Aurelio Simon, leaders of Seattle's Filipino Cannery Workers' Union, were shot dead by an agent tied to the labor-contracting system they were fighting to abolish.
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Sources
- depts.washington.edu depts.washington.edu/depress/cannery_workers_union_murders.shtml
- historylink.org historylink.org/file/411