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Pre-March Rally at Waushara County Courthouse
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A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Courthouse. Marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) will begin the march from Wautoma. They walked to Madison on Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food industry corporations accountable for better working conditions for migrant farm workers.This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle for Justice," images from the migrant farm worker struggle including an independent oganizing effort in Wisconsin and the nationwide grape boycott movement started by Cesar Chavez of United Farm Workers during the 1960s and 1970s.Pre-marcha de la manifestación en el tribunal del condado de Waushara
1966
Giffey, David
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