On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement 🔗 🇺🇸 ⚖️ ✊🏽

Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938

Tenayuca was forced to resign from the leadership of the strike by the Catholic Church and by the union that represented the pecan shellers—both were wary of her Communist connections—but she paid no heed to her expulsion. She was out on the street the next day organizing workers.