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Chapter Overview: Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers

MOVEMENTS AND MOMENTS Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers 2:17 Did Filipino farmworkers achieve justice? Chapter objectives Nearly 60 percent of Filipinos who came to the United States from 1920 to 1934 were farmworkers. Although they performed extremely difficult work with great skill and pride, they were often exploited, abused, devalued, and mistreated by the…