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Rationale for Revising "Delano grape strike"

Unbalanced Viewpoint

As already indicated in the article itself, there is a very skewed viewpoint that is presented, as the article discusses mostly about the Mexican farm workers and their involvement in the strike and very little about the Filipin@ farm workers.

Historically Inaccurate Statements

Because the article predominantly discusses the actions of Mexican farm workers, there are a few statements that are not entirely accurate because it disregards Filipin@ farm worker involvement.

Missing References

There are a few sentences that are missing citations, so I will be going through each of them to check the credibility of the statement by referring to scholarly references and either adding the citation or deleting the sentences.

Unorganized

I would like to restructure the article to make it more cohesive and organized. There is a subsection under "Strike" named "Geography" that appears to be misplaced and somewhat irrelevant to the article. However, it seems this way because the organization of the article is lacking. I plan to organize each section to hopefully make it easier for future readers to understand when reading the article.

Outline of Planned Work

Causes of the Strike

This section will contain general information as to why the Delano grape strike occurred. I will be focusing on a preceding strike that occurred in Coachella, California that inspired the strike in Delano. I plan to incorporate what previous Wikipedia users contributed to the "Background" section of the current version of the article.

References:

• ***Aroy, Marissa, McKay, Niall, and Fifer, Sally Jo. Delano Manongs : Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers. San Francisco, California, USA: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
• ***Bacon, David. “How Filipino Migrants Gave the Grape Strike Its Radical Politics: Honoring Larry Itliong and a Generation of Radicals Whose Political Ideas Are as Relevant to Workers Now as They Were in 1965.” Dollars & Sense, no. 336 (May 1, 2018).
• ***Brown, Jerry B. (Jerry Barry). “The United Farm Workers Grape Strike and Boycott, 1965-1970: An Evaluation of the Culture of Poverty Theory.” Thesis--Cornell University., 1972.
• Garcia, Matthew. "Labor, Migration, and Social Justice in the Age of the Grape Boycott." Gastronomica 7, no. 3 (2007): 68-74. doi:10.1525/gfc.2007.7.3.68.
• Tuma, Elias H. “Reviewed Work: Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike by John Gregory Dunne.” Agricultural History 43, no. 2 (1969): 322-23.

Events of the Strike

In this section, I will be discussing the key events that happened during the Delano grape strike. Additionally, there is a "Geography" subsection under the "Strike" section in the current version of the article that I plan to revise and use in this section. It describes how the grape strike spread into other parts of the nation, leading many Americans to join in solidarity with the farm workers. I also hope to include a brief timeline that outlines the events.

References:

• ***Aroy, Marissa, McKay, Niall, and Fifer, Sally Jo. Delano Manongs : Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers. San Francisco, California, USA: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
• Dunne, John Gregory. Delano: The Story of the California grape strike. University of California Press, 2007.
• Ganz, Marshall. "Resources and Resourcefulness: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture, 1959-1966." American Journal of Sociology 105, no. 4 (2000): 1003-062.
• Street, Richard Steven. "Delano Diary: The Visual Adventure and Social Documentary Work of Jon Lewis, Photographer of the Delano, California Grape Strike, 1966-1970." Southern California Quarterly 91, no. 2 (2009): 191-235. doi:10.2307/41172470.

Impact of the Strike

Here, I will highlight the accomplishments of the Delano grape strike.

References:

• ***Aroy, Marissa, McKay, Niall, and Fifer, Sally Jo. Delano Manongs : Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers. San Francisco, California, USA: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
• Cohen, Irving J. "La Huelga! Delano and After." Monthly Labor Review 91, no. 6 (1968): 13-16.
• Ganz, Marshall. "Resources and Resourcefulness: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture, 1959-1966." American Journal of Sociology 105, no. 4 (2000): 1003-062.
• Garcia, Matt. "A Moveable Feast: The UFW Grape Boycott and Farm Worker Justice." International Labor and Working-Class History, no. 83 (2013): 146-53.
• Hurd, Richard. “Organizing the Working Poor--the California Grape Strike Experience [of the 1960s; Activity of the United Farm Workers Union and Various Other Competing and Cooperating Groups].” Review of Radical Political Economics 6 (April 1, 1974): 50–75.
• Mabalon, Dawn Bohulano. Little Manila is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, Califor. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013.