If Texas had our own Lone Star State version of Labor Day, then your three-day weekend would probably fall this week - the anniversary of the great Pecan-Shellers' Strike. Eighty years ago this ...

In today’s modern world, it is often difficult to believe the strides our society and economy have made in regard to worker’s rights, and although many of those hard-earned rights are under attack ...

Crowds gathered Sunday at Cassiano Park on the city’s West Side to jubilantly celebrate the 84th anniversary of the 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike and American labor leader Emma Tenayuca, the San Antonio ...

Last week I had the opportunity to visit with art and history students at Burbank High School, my alma mater, to discuss San Antonio labor leader Emma Tenayuca and the pecan shellers’ strike. When ...

When owners of a San Antonio, Texas, pecan-shelling plant reduced low wages even more, 21-year-old Emma Tenayuca led the Mexican and Mexican American workers in walking out. Learn more women’s history ...

When owners of a San Antonio, Texas, pecan-shelling plant reduced low wages even more, 21-year-old Emma Tenayuca led the Mexican and Mexican American workers in walking out. Learn more women’s history ...