Description
In 1968, Colorado was center of world of Carnation flowers at the 6 warehouses of the Kitayama firm in Brighton. They hired Mexican American workers, paid them for 40 hours a week but expected them to work another 16 hours without pay, did not deduct witholdings from pay, and fired them for being sick. Guadalupe Briseño knew that wasn’t right and led the workers on a strike, joining the national United Farm Workers organization. The fight ended when the women leaders were assaulted with tear gas.
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