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State Panel in Waushara County Electric Cooperative Building
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A panel of Wisconsin state officials at Waushara County Electric Cooperative building meeting with Oberos Unidos (United Workers) migrant farm workers union members (off camera). The meeting was held in the evening where union leaders were asking that demands for $1.25 minimum wage, insurance benefits, meeting with the Governor's committee and public sanitation facilities for migrant farm workers be met.After the meeting, Jesus Salas announces, "We will continue to march" to Madison to make demands and meet with officials at the Capitol.Strikes, rallies and marches in Wisconsin were organized by Obreros Unidos (United Workers), an independent labor union founded in Central Wisconsin to improve conditions for migrant farm workers in the 1960s.Panel estatal en el edificio de Waushara County Electric CooperativeUn panel de oficiales del estado de Wisconsin en el edificio de Waushara County Electric Cooperative en una junta con trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes miembros de Obreros Unidos (fuera de cámara). La junta fue mantenida en la tarde, en la cual los líderes de sindicato pidieron que las demandas por un sueldo mínimo de $1.25 por hora, beneficios de aseguranza, una junta con el comité del gobernador, e instalaciones sanitarias públicas para los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes fueran cumplidas. Después de la junta, Jesús Salas anuncio, "Continuaremos la marcha" hacia Madison para hacer demandas y tener reuniones con oficiales en el Capitolio. Las huelgas, manifestaciones, y marchas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por Obreros Unidos, un sindicato independiente fundado en el centro de Wisconsin para mejorar las condiciones de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes durante los años 1960.
August 15, 1966
Giffey, David
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