Filipino Cannery Unionism

Special thanks to Fred and Dorothy Cordova and the Filipino American National Historical Society (FAHNS) for permission to display the following pictures and documents.
Carlos Bulosan, the renowned Filipino-American author, became publicity director of Local 37 in 1952, editing the 52-page Yearbook, now a collector's item. The 1952 Local 37 yearbook is reproduced here in pdf. format courtesy of FAHNS.
In 1949 five Local 7 leaders were arrested and threatened with deportation because of ties to the Communist Party. This pamphlet was part of the campaign to save the union and its leaders