But there was work to be done down in the Salinas Valley where César Chávez was organizing the grape pickers and lettuce workers out of their state of un-unionized peonage.
Source: wiktionary
Peonage
//ˈpiːənɪdʒ//
Synonyms for "peonage" (48 found)
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Polish
1 entries- peonaż noun (the state of being a peon)
Portuguese
1 entries- peonagem noun (the state of being a peon)
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"It wasn't just the crowds," Luis said softly. "I saw with my own eyes that Díaz's México is a Potemkin village, Miguel. The México profundo where the poor are so hungry they eat grass and bark. I met Indians whose land is being devoured by Díaz's cronies, entire towns swallowed up, and the people reduced to peonage. I talked to Mexican railroad workers who are paid a fraction of what the American owners pay their own countrymen for the same work."
Source: wiktionary
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