January 20, 1920

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Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920

Filipino workers walked out on Oahu's sugar plantations, soon joined by the Federation of Japanese Labor, in a multiethnic strike of some 8,300 workers demanding higher wages.

Sources

  1. densho.org densho.org/catalyst/strikers-scabs-sugar-mongers-immigrant-labor-struggle-shaped-hawaii-know-today
  2. seiu503.org seiu503.org/oahu-sugar-strike

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