the high point of the 1970 when in fact many of these farms do sign contracts with the united farm workers and there are millions of supporters across the country. it really is seen as one of the most successful boycotts in 20th century history. however, the story is not all so romantic. 1970 is the high point. that means things go off afterwards. as much as i would like to say this is a story and things really improve a lot, in fact things quickly go back to the same types of long hours, difficult working conditions and without labor recognition in the years that follow. in many ways the united farm workers with a much more successful social movement and much less successful as a union. if you're interested, i have many books i can suggest to you. there are fights between the ufw and the teamsters. there are fights within the ufw itself. they're able to represent fewer and fewer farm workers over the '70s, '80s around '90s. in addition, chavez himself has an interesting longer history as well. he himself is very critical of undocumented workers because he sees them competing with the mexi

farm workers. damian, we just wanna thank you in a very special way for all that you've done in the last 25 years to keep our community so well informed with your program, "comunidad del valle." continue on and sí se puede. damian: and that was our good friend, "artie" arturo rodriguez, the president emeritus of the united farm workers, of course, celebrating 25 years on "comunidad del valle." we're gonna start the show with a bang here. with me now is dr. eric bishop. he's the new president and superintendent of ohlone college. dr. bishop, welcome to the show. welcome to "comunidad del valle." eric bishop: good morning, damian. thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. damian: all right, thank you for being here. well, tell us, you're relatively new to ohlone college. tell us about how your experience has gone so far. maybe you wanna sum up what the challenges are and what the talking points, the highlights, are. eric: actually, i can't wish for a better experience for someone who started as a leade

thinking about chavez and united farm workers and thinking about the politics of smaller farms, particularly in upstate new york. again, make sure your name is on this list and we'll see everyone in discussion section on monday to lectures in history on the go? stream it as a podcast anywhere, any time. you're watching american history tv. >>> in 1970, congress passed the occupational safety and health act and president nixon signed the bill into law. next on reel america, we mark the 50th anniversary with three osha films released in 1980 by the carter administration, which were recalled by the reagan administration in 1981. but first, we talk to occupational safety and health consultant mark catlin who has helped preserve the films and make them available to the public. >> i was a young industrial hygienist just out of college beginning my first job working with -- on the -- i was hired by a labor union in milwaukee, wisconsin, to be on their health and safety staff. and in my first week on the job, we had gotten these three films from the -- that you're going to show in from osha. brand-n

that is when i started the united farmworkers. i started the united farm workers union. we organize from 1962 through 1965. then we had a huge strike. >> they they get a 300 mile pilgrimage northward. >> that went on for five years. the strike started in 1955 and did not end until 1970. we could not win the strike because they kept arresting more people. we started a national boycott of california table grapes. when the employers saw they could not sell their grapes, they decided that they would assign contracts with the union. what you learn and teach is that people have power. you do not have to be rich, you do not to speak english, you do not need to be a citizen, but you do have power and you can make changes. one of the biggest moves we had for farmworkers was that there were toilets in the field. crops go into the box and the supermarket. the way that those fruits and big vegetables -- and vegetables go to the supermarket. it is horrifying to think that farmers did not have called drinking water or soap and hand washing facilities. all of that food is going directl

we begin in bakersfield, california and hear from dolores huerta, leader of the united farm workers union. dolores: i was born in new mexico and moved to california when i was six years old. my parents divorced, my mother brought me in my two brothers to california. we had a lot of discrimination in high school against kids of color. not only kids of color but the poor kids in 1942, when we went into the war, they brought in many people from mexico to fulfill the farm labor. what happened is after the war ended they kept bringing in more people. the domestic workers wages dropped to $.56 an hour and they would bring in the others and not pay the local workers. i formed an organization called the agricultural workers association as part of the afocio. i left the organization because it did not feel like they were doing the organizing that was going to be successful. that is when i started the united farmworkers. i moved to delano and reorganized from 1962 through 1965. in 1965 we had a huge strike. >> strikers from delano begin at 300 miles northward. dolores that went on for five : years.

as well as farm workers. >> i'm going to give us the third election are unit about labor in american food wage. and we have talked about the beef industry on monday. we look at the jungle of fencing claire. and on wednesday, we look at the chicken factories and labor production in the chicken industry here in the american south. today, we are looking at agricultural labor. as i said those in the room who are vegetarians are not off the hook. in fact, we have to think about the ways in which agricultural labor has often been exploited in the very difficult conditions that the vegetables were either offering consumed. there is been a very large rise in recent years. eating locally and eating more vegetarian stafford and vegetable. michael paul, and many of you may have heard, of world the almond or dilemma. he has sort of a catchphrase that was very popular which was eat food and not too much mostly plants this is good advice for those of us who are concerned for our health. i should eat less meat and eat things at a real food. alex waters who is the chef, as well as barbara can somber

through his folksongs, he elevated the work of cesar chavez's united farm workers and national farm labor organizing committee. whether he was in the back of a pickup truck or in a parking lot, he would be there and he would play his heart out. his music resonated with the mexican american community what yous it reflected the daily struggles of workers and immigrants. chuy loved to add hume yar to his lyrics because he understood the power of making people laugh, especially during the toughest times. he believed in the importance of honoring your roots and heritage. encouraging youth to learn about their culture and history, reminding them of its richness. thank you for your music, for always conveying a sense of courage, giving us resolve and encouraging us to stick together. rest in power, my friend. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. cline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is

as well as farm workers. >> i'm going to give us the third election are unit about labor in american food wage. and we have talked about the beef industry on monday. we look at the jungle of fencing claire. and on wednesday, we look at the chicken factories and labor production in the chicken industry here in the american south. today, we are looking at agricultural labor. as i said those in the room who are vegetarians are not off the hook. in fact, we have to th

day care covered about 10% of workers. in fact, they had to farm out their children. you'll find stories about women who sent children to mothers, aunts, cousins, neighbors. but they couldn't really afford or didn't have opportunity to get organized child care. united states today, in the year 2019, is the only industrialized nation in the world not to have government subsidized or legal guidelines for child care. it's left up, basically, to localities, individuals, corporations and provides an insolvable problem for women who want to be part of the workforce and as you know, today, 80% of women are in the workforce. so, this is a major problem. here is an example of the normal labor a woman in world war ii would engage in. a 17-year-old woman, shirley shack, welding part of a cockpit for the new army aifr's t c-4 a training glider in 1942. so, this was -- again, these images -- there are hundreds of thousands of images. it was difficult to pick out ones most representative. but i think this one was very good. notice, by the way, she'd never get past an osha safety st