Solidarity Day Oct. 6, 1985

An estimated 2,000 joined a Solidarity Day held in the first month of the strike. Students, labor and community activists, and other unions such as the UFW joined strikers in a rally starting at Callaghan Park.  It was described in the Register Pajaronian as "peaceful if vociferous," and while police came out in force from all over the region there were no arrests. The rally was organized by TDU and criticized by some for not allowing more strikers or outside groups to speak.    

Below is a flyer in English and Spanish urging people to attend Solidarity Day and a police report on the rally.  Click on the PDF to read the full 3-page report.

Questions

  • How might these kinds of rallies help strikers?
  • Why does they flyer call for demonstration against martial law in Watsonville?
  • What observations do the Watsonville Police make about the rally?

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Page 2 of a TDU flyer advertising solidarity day in Watsonville to support strikers and "demonstrate against martial law"

Page 2 of TDU flyer advertising solidarity day in Watsonville to support strikers and "demonstrate against martial law"

 

 

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Page 2 of a TDU flyer advertising a dia de solidaridad to support strikers and demonstrate agains "la ley marcial" in Watsonville.

Page 2 of TDU flyer advertising a dia de solidaridad to support strikers and demonstrate agains "la ley marcial" in Watsonville.

 

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Police report on solidarity day rally

Schilling, Elizabeth. "2,000 March in Support of Strikers." Register Pajaronian, 7 Oct. 1985, pp. 1-2.

Note:  The Register Pajaronian is available online through the Watsonville Public Library.

“Solidarity Day / Día de solidaridad.” Flyer. Frank Bardacke Watsonville Canneries Strike Records, larc.ms.0093, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

“Watsonville Police Department: Press Release.” Police Report, 6 Oct. 1985. Watsonville Canneries Strike Binders, California Agricultural Workers' History Center, Watsonville Public Library.