Radio: Watsonville Strike Prolonged by Wells Fargo Loans

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This is an excerpt from the radio show Labor on the Line,  that aired on February 25, 1987.  The coverage is of strikers picketing against Wells Fargo, who has just taken control of Watsonville Canning. The radio announcer interviews striker Gloria Betancourt, UC student Bill Siegel from the Watsonville Strike Support Committee, and a representative from Wells Fargo.

Questions

• How might a picket in front of Wells Fargo be effective?  
• Do you know of any similar protests today against corporations that have been successful?

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“Watsonville Strike Prolonged by Wells Fargo Loans.” Labor on the Line:  Late Strike News, 25 Feb. 1987.  Frank Bardacke Watsonville Canneries Strike Records, LOL 01-29-86, Labor Archives & Research Center, San Francisco State University.

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