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Esther Tarango Uranday (April 26, 1933 - December 18, 2017) was an activist for the United Workers Front (UFW). Uranday managed the UFW and contracts.[1] She helped build the UFW, and was a close friend of Helen Chavez. She traveled with Helen and Cesar Chavez to lead the National Boycott Tour[2], encouraging people to not eat grapes from certain growers. She also was an active and regular participant in picket lines (protests where the protestors try to stop people from getting into an area/place of work) at grape farms. [3]
Protests
[change | change source]Besides helping manage hiring for the union, Uranday protested every day. She would get up early to strike at the grape fields.[4] The protestors picketed (formed a picket line) against the terrible treatment of the migrant workers.[5] Most of them were workers themselves, who were on strike (refusing to work as a form of protest). They caught the attention of both newspapers and the grape companies. They lost their jobs. For many, they and their families barely scraped by.[6] They made a picket line near the grape fields and yelled “¡Huelga!”, which means “Strike!”[7] Police would come and arrest them. However, they didn't let the arrests ruin their day and sang and told jokes in jail.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Home, McFarland Family Funeral. "Obituary for Esther Tarango Uranday | McFarland Family Funeral Home". Obituary for Esther Tarango Uranday | McFarland Family Funeral Home. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ↑ Home, McFarland Family Funeral. "Obituary for Esther Tarango Uranday | McFarland Family Funeral Home". Obituary for Esther Tarango Uranday | McFarland Family Funeral Home. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ↑ Sherman, Jocelyn (2017-12-28). "Esther Uranday was one of the pioneering women who helped build the UFW". UFW. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ↑ Burger, James (21 September 2015). "Anniversary of Delano Grape Strike honored in memoriesAnniversary celebration was an emotional reunion for UFW organizer". The Bakersfield Californian.
- ↑ Burger, James (21 September 2015). "Anniversary of Delano Grape Strike honored in memoriesAnniversary celebration was an emotional reunion for UFW organizer". The Bakersfield Californian.
- ↑ Sherman, Jocelyn (2017-12-28). "Esther Uranday was one of the pioneering women who helped build the UFW". UFW. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ↑ Burger, James (21 September 2015). "Anniversary of Delano Grape Strike honored in memoriesAnniversary celebration was an emotional reunion for UFW organizer". The Bakersfield Californian.
- ↑ Sherman, Jocelyn (2017-12-28). "Esther Uranday was one of the pioneering women who helped build the UFW". UFW. Retrieved 2022-04-21.