国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「50 years ago today, labor leader Cesar Chavez was arrested and sent to jail in Monterey County, California for refusing to call off a lettuce boycott. This was his union jacket. The 1970 boycott was part of the ongoing Salad Bowl Strike, a series of labor actions spearheaded by the union Chavez co-founded and led, the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), later renamed United Farm Workers (UFW). Beginning in the summer of 1970, farm workers used strikes, pickets, and boycotts to press California employers for better contracts and the right to choose which union would represent them. On the day of Chavez's arrest, the New York Times reported that around 2,000 farmworkers stood outside the courthouse, many carrying "the red and black flag of the farm workers union and home‐made banners celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe." The next day, Chavez released a statement from his cell, re-affirming his commitment to both non-violence and farmworkers' campaign: "I am prepared to pay the price for civil disobedience. I am still very committed and I'm not bitter at all. At this point in our struggle there is more need than ever to demonstrate our love for those who oppose us. Farm workers are wounded every day by being denied representation of the union of their choice. Jail is a small prices to pay to help right that injustice." During his multi-week imprisonment, Chavez was visited by both Coretta Scott King and Ethel Kennedy. His arrest helped bring national attention to the farmworkers' fight. When he was released, Chavez and the UFW immediately called for the workers' strikes to continue. Labor actions like the Salad Bowl Strike helped foster new labor laws that expanded farm workers collective bargaining rights, including the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975. Click the link in our bio to learn more about the long history of farmworkers trying to unionize the agricultural industry on our blog: https://s.si.edu/2T3Lr09 #AmericanHistory #History #LatinoHistory #LatinaHistory #LatinxHistory #FarmHistory #AgriculturalHistory #AgHistory #FoodHistory #FoodJustice #LaborHistory #CaliforniaHistory #CAHistory #TDIH #OTD」12月4日 23時18分