The Activist Mr. Philip Vera Cruz
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- We know that Vera Cruz was a prominent labor leader and an activist he was known for his role in the United Farm workers (UFW) union
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- He was the one who was a Filipino American who arrived to the United States as an migrant farmworker in the 1940s from experiencing firsthand hardships and exploitation faced by agricultural laborers
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- Was founded in the agricultural workers by organizing committee (AWO) in 1959 which had later on merged with the national farm workers with the association to form the United farm workers (UFW) in 1966
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- They say he had played a crucial role with organizing the historic Delano Grape strike of 1965 for a labor strike and boycott which drew the national attention which was unfortunate for the farmworkers which led to improved working conditions like their wages
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- That throughout his life Vera Cruz had advocated for the rights of the farmworkers by fighting against unfair labor practices such as the low wages and poor working conditions in the agricultural industry
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- Philip Vera Cruz his Legacy still continues to inspire activists and labor organizers that are particularly within the Filipino American and the broader labor movements as a symbol of the resilience solidarity and the social justice activism
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