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  2. 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike - Wikipedia

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    The 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike was a labor strike involving 12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Considered the largest labor strike in San Antonio's history, it saw mainly Mexican American pecan shellers, organized by labor activist Emma Tenayuca , protest wage cuts by the Southern Pecan Shelling Company.

  3. Emma Tenayuca - Wikipedia

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    Emma Tenayuca. Emma Beatrice Tenayuca (December 21, 1916 – July 23, 1999) was an American labor leader, union organizer, civil rights activist, and educator. She is best known for her work organizing Mexican workers in Texas during the 1930s, particularly for leading the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike.

  4. Fair Employment Practice Committee - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) was created in 1941 in the United States to implement Executive Order 8802 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work." [1] That was shortly before the United States entered World War II.

  5. HemisFair '68 - Wikipedia

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    HemisFair '68 was the official 1968 World's Fair (or International Exposition) held in San Antonio, Texas, from April 6 through October 6, 1968.Local businessman and civic leader, Jerome K. Harris Sr., [1] coined the name HemisFair and conceived the idea for the fair, hoping it would unite all the cultures that comprise San Antonio and solidify the city's reputation as a cultural and historic ...

  6. Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

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    Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985), is a landmark United States Supreme Court [1] decision in which the Court held that the Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution to extend the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that employers provide minimum wage and overtime pay to their employees, to state and local governments. [2]

  7. Esperanza Andrade - Wikipedia

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    Businesswoman. Esperanza "Hope" Andrade (born July 1, 1949) [1] is a businesswoman from San Antonio, Texas, who is the former commissioner representing employers on the Texas Workforce Commission, an appointed position which she held from 2013 to 2015. From 2008 to 2012, she was Secretary of State of Texas, an appointed position under Governor ...

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