California preparing to celebrate Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong

At Arte Americas, Larry Itliong is honored successful a "Day of the Dead" altar dedicated to monumental figures.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Larry Itliong's enactment sparked the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. Filipino laborers walked disconnected the occupation implicit wage and inadequate entree to h2o and bathrooms.

Itliong headed the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee.

"I spent my beingness trying to support his legacy," says Jonny Itilong, Larry's son. "It's precise important. He changed America for me, for his household and his people. It's precise deep, and that's wherefore I'm getting affectional close now."

Jonny lives successful Santa Monica.

His begetter convinced Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta of the National Farm Workers Association to articulation forces, articulation the onslaught and signifier the United Farm Workers successful 1966.

"He understood determination wasn't capable Filipinos and not capable enactment for specified a tiny radical present successful the United States, and truthful helium knew helium had to enactment together," Jonny said.

That solidarity betwixt Filipino and Mexican laborers led to the extremity of the onslaught successful 1970, and national contracts betwixt grape growers and workers.

At Arte Americas, Larry Itliong is honored successful a "Day of the Dead" altar dedicated to monumental figures.

Jonny travels the authorities to speech astir the relation his begetter played successful the labour movement.

"It is our Filipino past here, but this is American history, and that's the astir important happening I'm trying to get crossed to everybody," Jonny said.