What the records say
- When
- 1938
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- historic labor action
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1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike
Historic labor action
The 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike was a labor strike involving 12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Considered the largest labor strike in San Antonio's history, it saw mainly Mexican American pecan shellers, organized by labor activist Emma Tenayuca, protest wage cuts by the Southern Pecan Shelling Company.
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