"Easter leaflet" promoting the boycott of Heinz tomato products and the passage of two migrant worker bills, 1969.
Led by House Representative John Tapscott, the bills sought to regulate migrant child labor and improve conditions in Iowa migrant camps.
Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
"March in Support of Migrant Workers," Des Moines Register, March 20, 1969.
Iowa LULAC councils, labor unions, and migrant agencies marched in Des Moines to press for passage of migrant worker bills pending in the Iowa legislature. Fifteen hundred activists marched in Des Moines in March 1969. This type of collective action pressured legislators to pass the migrant housing and migrant child labor bills and was an effective strategy for raising awareness in Iowa of the needs of Mexican American workers within its own borders.
Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.