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Florida Sugar Cane Strike Seeks Farm Worker Union
About 200 sugar workers at Talisman Sugar Corp in Florida begun a strike demanding union representation and better conditions. The protest follows long hours and no overtime amid tensions after the death of Nan Freeman on the picket line and ongoing efforts by Cesar Chavez led UFWOC to gain recognition in Florida’s sugar industry.
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South Bay
Fla
Florida
Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
California
Cesar
Manuel Chavez
UFWOC
Lake Okeechobee
Joseph C. Seger
Migrant Services Foundation Inc
Talisman Sugar Corp
Here
Highway
Nicolas Raymond
International Association of Machinists
Raymond
Farm Workers Union
Miami
Talisman
Wiliam Pawley
Cervera
Nan Freeman