Song: Corrido dedicado a los 1000 de Watsonville

This song is dedicated to the strikers.  It is written as a Corrido Links to an external site. or ballad, commonly used to share stories about heroic or tragic deeds.  "Corrido dedicated to the Watsonville 1000" was written by one of the strikers, Fidelia Carrisoza.  It tells the story of the brave women strikers; the scabs, police, and press that tried to break the strike; the hunger strike and the strikers' victory. 

Questions

  • Why did they call them the Watsonville 1000? 
  • How might a song or poem be used to build support for and solidarity with the strikers in their community?

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“Corrido dedicado a los 1000 de Watsonville.” Frank Bardacke Watsonville Canneries Strike Records, larc.ms.0093, Labor Archives & Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Translation by Omar Mendoza.