Guadalupe Briseño and the Unionization of Chicana Carnation Workers

Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Briseño was a civil rights activist who led the Kitayama Carnation Strike in 1968-1969, at the height of the Chicano movement.

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Sources: 

https://www.historycolorado.org/es/node/8155
https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2025/03/07/strike-national-florist-workers-vs-kitayama
https://www.westword.com/news/the-chicano-movement-powered-up-nationally-in-1969-with-two-denver-protests-11255549/  
https://youtu.be/2ozBYkeuYzo?si=PyZs04fjpuKATghU
https://history.denverlibrary.org/colorado-biographies/guadalupe-villalobos-brise%C3%B1o-1933-2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_Brise%C3%B1o 

Lupe talking about the strike: 
https://vimeo.com/315250649

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