Victory

This song is dedicated to the strikers.  It is a Corrido Links to an external site. or ballad, commonly used to share stories about heroic or tragic deeds.  "Corrido dedicado a los 1000 de Watsonville*" 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. 

*Ballad dedicated to the Watsonville 1,000

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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.