Children of Strikers

Many of the strikers were parents.  Fidelia Carrisoza was an active organizer who recruited workers to join the strike and wrote "El corrido dedicado a los 1,000 de Watsonville." In the interview below she talks about being on the picket line with her daughter. 

The flyer below...

The newspaper article below describes the impact of the strike on the whole community, and schoolchildren in particular.  It includes quotes and an image of Maribel Medina, Watsonville High School senior class president who was arrested while observing the strike and went on to become an attorney.  

Questions

• How does Fidelia Carrisoza remember being on the picket line with her daughter?  What does her daughter say about being on the picket line with her mother?
• What are some of the ways students are effected by the strike?
• How might this rally organized by educators and reported in the local paper impact the strike?

 

 

Text version of the article below (PDF) Download Text version of the article below (PDF)

 

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"Fidelia Carrisoza interviewed by Peter Shapiro." 18 Nov. 2010.  larc.oh.shapiro_30, Labor Archives Research Center.  This is a clip from a longer interview which can be found here: https://archive.org/details/csfst_006456.

Chavarria, Jesse. "Rally Focuses on Effects of Strike on Schoolchildren."  Register Pajaronian vol. 118 no.240, 9 Dec. 1985. 

Note:  The Register Pajaronian is available online through the Watsonville Public Library Links to an external site..