Chicanas in the Labor Unions

Lily Campos

The great depression

Currency problems

Lost of jobs
Incline of unemployment Chicanos couldnt find jobs Women had it harder

Emma Tenayuca
December 21, 1916 July 23, 1999 Mexican-American Union organizer & Educator

Arrested at the age of 16

Lived in South Texas Know for Pecan Sheller's Strike Died of Alzheimer's

M.E.Ch.A

Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztln Promotes higher educacin, historia, and culture March of 1969, in Denver, Colorado Spread out

Labor then and now

What was your overall original claim?

The Chicanas fight for their rights for labor laws has changed todays labor force It has improved in certain areas Chicana leaders

Important events that made a huge impact

What were your research questions?

What did Chicanas do during the 1930s&1940s movement? Why were the impacts so important during El moviemento? How do the labor laws and unions look like todays? Has the movement changed anything?

What did you learn from conducting your own research?

A lot of information I didnt know How bad the labor laws were back in the 1930s and 1940s Its hard work A lot of work Important information that I will always have with me