00000cam a22000001i 4500 UP-1685594773861589930 Buklod 20250521183959.0 j|||||||||||||| | ta 250521s1992 caua rb |000 0|eng d 0934052166 (iLib)UPBAG-00003129061 DML BAG rda eng HD 6515 A292 S33 Scharlin, Craig author. Philip Vera Cruz a personal history of Filipino immigrants and the Farmworkers movement Craig Scharlin, Lilia V. Villanueva ; edited by Glenn Omatsu and Augusto Espiritu ; book design by Mark E. Pulido. Los Angeles, California UCLA Labor Center, Institute of Industrial Relations & UCLA Asian American Studies Center 1992. xxvii, 155 pages, [12] pages illustrations 26 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Profits Enslave the World / by Philip V. Vera Cruz -- A Man of Principles / by Kent D. Wong -- A Personal History With Multiple Voices / by Glenn Omatsu -- Preface: Wen Manong "Yes Brother" / by Craig Scharlin and Lilia V. Villanueva -- One: "Still good at sitting down" -- Two: "A matter of survival" -- Three: "The most important $2 in my life" -- Four: "So close to the good life" -- Five: "I sacrificed too much..." -- Six: "A minority within a minority" -- Seven: "The movement must go beyond its leaders" -- Eight: "Pounding me with their anger" -- Nine: "My continual struggle." Filipino farm workers sat down in the grape fields of Delano, California, in 1965 and began the strike that brought about a dramatic turn in the long history of farm labor struggles in California. Their efforts led to the creation of the United Farm Workers union under Cesar Chavez, with Philip Vera Cruz as its vice-president and highest-ranking Filipino officer. Philip Vera Cruz (1904-1994) embodied the experiences of the manong generation, an enormous wave of Filipino immigrants who came to the United States between 1910 and 1930. Instead of better opportunities, they found racial discrimination, deplorable living conditions, and oppressive labor practices. In his deeply reflective and thought-provoking oral memoir, Vera Cruz explores the toll these conditions took on both families and individuals. With clear-sighted intellect and honesty about himself and the society in which he struggled, this exceptional leader examines the difficulties of cross-racial labor organizing, while revealing the unacknowledged role of Filipino laborers in the creation of the United Farm Workers union. BG-17984 donated by Dr. David B. Baradas. Vera Cruz, Philip 1904-. United Farm Workers History. Agricultural laborers Labor unions United States History. Alien labor, Philippine United States History. Villanueva, Lilia V. author. Omatsu, Glenn editor. Espiritu, Augusto editor. FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HD 6515 A292 S33 Book