Union organizer for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher workmen (AMCBW), 1969-1970; League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC Council 10, Davenport, Iowa); Davenport Human Relations Commission; Iowa Advisory Board to the U.S. Civil Rights…
On International Grape Boycott Day - May 10, 1969 – LULAC members picketed supermarkets in the Quad Cities. Henry Vargas, with his daughter Rita at his side, carried a sign that read, “Justice and Dignity for the Farm Worker.”