african-americans interpreted and aligned themselves and in some cases didn't align themselves with united farmworkers. below contributions from this text in my mind is he chronicles the history of the boycott as a strategy. when you think about the farmworkers and the strategy of protest they use, there are two that are defining, the strike and the boycott. a strike is to not go to the worksite, to try to keep people from crossing the picket line. that is how you affect your employer. you set up a picket line, go on strike. the hard part is you have to convince your people not to cross that picket line. that is one of strategies that one of the more influential strategies was the boycott. that is what his book talks about. how the boycott emerged as a tragedy. it is when you prevent the consumption of a particular product. while you go outside of this classroom and look across the field, what do you see? do the people of delano consume all of those greats? no, it's a world market. they sent for farmworkers from delano to new york, chicago, canada, europe where all the marketplace was for california t

and the united farm workers, it is called that because it was a merging of the national farmworkers association and the agricultural workers committee, so those two groups joined and became the united farm workers. it was filipino and mexican. interviewed au filipino, so can you say a few words about how the content of your oral history intersected with the history we've been talking about tonight? -- for sevenked years. he did not experience any hostility or anything, he told me about the pay, i believe it was $1.55 an hour and he had a bonus of $.28 per box. they got bonuses for how many boxes they could fill. mr. rosales: that is very interesting. many people talk about wages. one piece of advice i gave to you and other people as well, is when you go into the division process, you might want to hammer down dates. chronology is important. the chronology we spoke about tonight, 1955 was the launch of the grape strike and most of the 1970's, after the five-year boycott, much of the oral histories that people in this room did is about the 1970's and the 1980's. so you might want to go back to yo

for decades the united farmworkers and unions lobbied for change exempting farmworkers from labor andimental to one of the biggest industries. >>> one of the biggest names on wall street jamie diamondweighed in on whether the federal reserve should change interest rates. it happened at the economics club in washington, d.c. he says that the fundamentals of the economy are strong and he pointed to robust investment in a shrinking unemployment rate. diamond also said that the feds should increase rates senior rather than later. >> you know that they need to maintain credibility and it is time to raise rates. normal is a good thing, not a bad thing. the economy will be going on like this for seven years. it's a good thing. >> reporter: policymakers are set to meet next week to decide on whether or not to raise rates. the last rate hike was back in december. their first increase in almost a decade. >>> well, it's been one year since the devastating valley fire. still to come tonight, we'll look back at their first horrifying moments when that fire broke out and spread in lake county. >>>

the united farmworkers have lobbied for the change, arguing that exempting farmworkers from the labor laws is racist and unfair. the new law also ends a decade's old practice of having those separate rules for field workers and the fruit pickers. they claim that the overtime requirement will be detrimental to agriculture, one of the state's biggest industries. california is to begin phasing in the new law in 2019. >>> the 49ers are playing their season opener tonight at levi stadium. a lot of you will be outside the stadium in santa clara. 60,000 fans are on hand for the monday night matchup with the los angeles rams. colin kaepernick once again will knelt in silent protest. >> several other players raised their fists in the air. ktvu is live. this is still getting mixed reaction from fans? >> reporter: yes, and those fans i want to show you they're making their way out of levi stadium right now as this game is nearing the end, looking very good for the 49ers. some of these fans, they would have strong feelings about his stance. many of them tell me that they are excited and focused o

for decades the united farmworkers pushed for the change arguing that current labor laws are racist andair. opponents warn requiring overtime pay will be detrimental to one of the state's biggest industries. california will begin fazing in the new law beginning in 2019. >>> below average temperatures today really cooled off. unusual patterns. not completely unusual, but definitely not what you would expect in the summer months or your early september months. low pressure is coming down from the north. the clouds dropped in temperatures kicking up the winds. daytime highs were in the 60s and the 70s. so it did warm up a little bit. this low pressure center as you'll see the flow around it, right in here you see those spots right there kind of going this way. that is the way it flows. now we are seeing snow out here in the rockies, we've had snow up in montana and idaho. and that very kind of cool weather system for the season. now along the coast right now you'll see bunch of it out there and showers are showing up around susanville. not a lot. the fog tomorrow with the showers picking u

what you see here is the symbol of the united storm -- farmworkers. the thunderbird black on red. a flag. a banner. a short handled hoe. we included this because the united farm workers union was organized to protect the rights of farmworkers and give the workers dignity. used to workpeople in the fields with. it was shorthanded -- short theird to remind them of short standing in life. it was finally outlawed. we can see where the struggle came from when you take a look at that. and when you look at the symbol, it is a strong symbol. it speaks to the people. it became a primary symbol in marches and on the picket lines when the union representatives and members and people from the urban areas and the countryside protested against the injustice. the starting of this union gave more force to the union because they started to utilize civil disability and's -- disobedience and nonviolence. it was very powerful. they did an awful lot of work in organizing and their five-year strike was successful. it was one of the most in americanoycotts labor history. we wanted to talk about the story

we included the whole because the united farm workers union was organized to protect the rights of farmworkers, to give the workers dignity. is whatrt handled hoe people used to work in the fields with and it was short handled, to always remember the ir low station in life. it was finally outlawed. you can see were the struggle came from when you take a look at that hoe, and when you look at the symbol. it is a strong symbol and it speaks to the people and it became a primary symbol in marches. and certainly on the ticket lines when the union representative and the members and the people from the urban areas and the countryside the injusticenst of agricultural workers. union starting of this began or gave more force to the union because they started to utilize civil disobedience, nonviolence and it was very powerful. cesar chavez and allures where to --and the lords where huerta that a lot of work here. it was one of the more successful strikes and labor history. women platonist or mental role within the movement. but we decided that we couldn't give a whole unit to women. wove the story women

united farm workers union. flag, and arm better -- and arm banner. they were organized to protect the rights of farmworkers to give the workers dignity. that short handled though is what people used to work in the fields with and it was short handled to always remind them of their low station in life. dignity and it was finally outlawed. you can finally see where the struggle came from when you look at that hope. and it's a strong symbol and it speaks to the people. it became a primary symbol in marches. and certainly on the picket lines when the union representatives and the members and people from the urban areas and the countryside protested. against the injustice of agricultural workers. union starting of this began or gave more force to the union because they started to utilize civil disobedience. nonviolence. it was very powerful. cesar chavez did a lot of work organizing the strike. it was successful. they were one of the most successful boycotts. of course, we wanted to talk that we we decided could not give a whole unit to women. and i would like to draw your attention to one particular story. tha

number of restaurants in the united states, so it's clear you don't need that stuff in order to maintain a healthy restaurant business climate. it wasn't only tips, farmworkersand domestic workers were excluded from the laws of the 30s, but also independent contractors, public sector workers and healthcare workers. for those groups continue to be excluded except for okays by state legislation. eight states oh have a tip credits, one state has a collective bargaining for farmers etc., but the public and healthcare workers went on strike in the 50s, 60s and 70s and when lost and not let them have unions they did it anyway and that's how the laws changed. >> do it anyway. thank you so much. thank you all. [applause]. >> should we stay or go? remain? we are going to remain coming not to leave. >> ray just gave me this powerful-- she's an organizer. this was a great panel. thanks so much. david, thank you for writing this book. i have to say i can't remember exactly what felicia said about the bill, but i know it was really great and i actually did read the book and it reminded me a lot of marriage, the good, the bad, the ugly, for better or for worse, for richer

farmworkers in immigration policy. so whether it's been from the state level, the city level, looking at the abacus perspective and now representing the present of unitedstates immigration policy is a larger national context than some of the most fraught and divisive times. the president could we have had no better at pfizer at the site and cecelia. the macarthur foundation and anyone watching the news yesterday may have seen it announced its fellowship. i think they call them the genius awards but they are in fact inspiring young leaders and cecelia's career suggests to us their great insight and understanding. 16 years ago she formed the macarthur foundation fellows. we all benefit from her pragmatism and resolve and we are really lucky to have her here today. please join me in welcoming sicilian munoz. [applause] >> that is a very nice introduction will be very hard to live up to the family excited that you are doing this and having this conversation. i'm thrilled both to see the conversation about the economic benefits and at some level well-known but incredibly important piece of legislation but also to dig into the work of integrating immigrants.