Tulare labor camps rent strike

Tulare labor camps rent strike
Tulare labor camps rent strike
	March of farm workers from Linnell Labor Camp to Visalia in protest against rents being raised by the Housing Authority. Nearly 350 people participated
Date	March 1965 - March 1968
Location	Tulare County, California Linnell Farm Labor Camp; Woodville Farm Labor Camp;
Caused by	Inhabitable living conditions; Proposed rent increase;
Methods	Rent strike; Picketing;
Resulted in	Cancellation of rent increases; Construction of new buildings;
Parties
National Farm Workers Association; The California Migrant Ministry;	Tulare County Housing Authority
Lead figures
	Gilbert Padilla; Reverend Jim Drake; Reverend David Havens; Paul Jacobs (activist); Gary Bellow; Exec Director Ferris Sherman; Chairman R.D. Dewhirst;

The Tulare Labor Camps rent strike was a strike by tenants of the Woodville and Linnell farm labor camps in 1965 against rent increases by the Tulare County Housing Authority and the inhabitable conditions of the tin houses they lived in.

The strikers consisted of the agricultural workers, headed by the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) alongside support by numerous civil rights and student organizations. It lasted three years and successfully stopped the proposed rent increase, and led to the construction of new houses to replace the tin huts.

It also bolstered the membership and organizing of NFWA, and would feed into the organizing behind the Delano grape strike and play a role in helping to publicize it.
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