· Oxnard, California
Oxnard Sugar Beet Strike and the JMLA
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Japanese and Mexican sugar-beet workers formed the Japanese-Mexican Labor Association-the first major multiracial farm-labor union in California-and walked off the job, winning by March; the AFL then refused a charter unless Japanese members were excluded, and the union refused.
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Sources
- densho.org densho.org/catalyst/japanese-mexican-americans-agricultural-allies-adversaries
- ufcw324.org ufcw324.org/1903-oxnard-beet-sows-the-seeds-of-diversity