Larry Itliong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Larry Itliong

American activist

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1913

Place of Birth: San Nicolas, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1977

Profession: trade unionist

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Larry Itliong

  • Larry Dulay Itliong (25 October 1913 – 8 February 1977), also known as "Seven Fingers", was an American labor organizer.
  • He organized West Coast agricultural workers starting in the 1930s, and rose to national prominence in 1965, when he, Philip Vera Cruz, Benjamin Gines and Pete Velasco, walked off the farms of area table-grape growers, demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage, that became known as the Delano grape strike.
  • He has been described as "one of the fathers of the West Coast labor movement."

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