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Farm Unionists Clash with Police in California
In the Imperial Valley farm labor dispute, a Friday clash left rioters and police injuring each other as 40 were arrested near Brawley. Clive Knowles, UPWA representative, among those arrested, amid broader tensions over bracero labor and wage demands. Authorities raided a labor temple and detained several union members, sparking accusations of police brutality and civil rights concerns amid a four-week strike of lettuce farms.
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Imperial Valley
Brawley
Herbert Hughes
Fa Hughes
Clive Knowles
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Knowles
UPWA
Agricultural Workers Organizing Com
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Hickock
Sisié Jwice
Louis Krainock
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Bracero
Mexico
California
Labor Secreta Goldberg
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