Labor history Oct 10, 18,000 Mexican and Mexican-American workers strike 4 killed 6 wounded

[Omaha Steve]

October 10


Six days into a cotton field strike by 18,000 Mexican and Mexican-American workers in Pixley, Calif., four strikers are killed and six wounded; eight growers were indicted and charged with murder - 1933

And this:
October 10, 1933 - About 18,000 cotton workers went on strike in Pixley, California. Four were killed before a pay hike was finally won.

Read more about the cotton strike and the lives of California farm workers in the 1930s at http://www.farmworkers.org/strugcal.html and http://clnet.ucla.edu/research/chavez/themes/ufw/history1.html

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_10_10_2011