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This film documents the 1979 "Onion Strike" that occurred in Texas when the onion pickers protested their low wages and poor working conditions. The farmers refused the worker's demands, eventually deciding to either sell their property or purchase automated picking equipment. This wa...

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Corporate Authors: Seventh Art Releasing (Firm), Cinema Guild, Perry Films
Other Authors: Perry, Hart, Sandoval, David, Lowe, Richard G., 1942-, Yates, Pamela, Gonzâalez, Juan, 1947-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2005.
Subjects:
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers > Texas > Raymondville.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Texas.
Children of migrant laborers > Texas > Raymondville.
Raymondville (Tex.) > Ethnic relations.
Onion industry > Texas.
Agricultural laborers.
Power (Social sciences)
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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