Salad Bowl Strike Begins, Largest U.S. Farm Worker Strike – August 23, 1970
Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
Date: August 23, 1970
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