labor rights

Historical Documents
The Pecan Shellers Strike was one of San Antonio’s largest labor actions. It involved approximately 12,000 pecan shellers who walked off the job to protest wage cuts and unsafe, unventilated workrooms in the city’s shelling industry. On January 31, 1938, Mexican American women shellers demanded…
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<p>Kate Mullany's former home in Troy, New York honors one of the earliest women's labor unions that sought fair pay and safe working conditions.</p>