Mensalvas, Chris D., -1977

Chris Delarna Mensalvas (1909-1978) immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in 1927. He became an important figure in the Filipino labor movements of the 1940s and '50s, organizing unions and initiating strikes for reasonable working conditions and fair wages for farm and cannery workers. Mensalvas was president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) Local 37 in Seattle -- the Filipino Alaska cannery workers union. He died in 1978.

From the description of Chris D. Mensalvas photograph collection, 1937-1956 [graphic]. 1937-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 60408043

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