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<v Speaker 1>On This Day and Working Class History. The twenty second

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<v Speaker 1>of January and on the twenty second of January eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six members of the ahashem In Nation who were

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<v Speaker 1>field hands at the San Juan Capistrano Mission in California

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<v Speaker 1>refused work, engaging in what may have been the first

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<v Speaker 1>farm worker strike in the state, which was then part

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<v Speaker 1>of Mexico. Over one hundred workers gathered rose in rebellion

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<v Speaker 1>and demanded that the local padre or priest be placed

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<v Speaker 1>in stocks. They reportedly insulted the local captain of the

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<v Speaker 1>guard and told him that if he didn't put the

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<v Speaker 1>priest in stocks, then they would put him in instead.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a long history of resistance by Native Americans

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<v Speaker 1>to the missions and other colonizers before this point, so

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<v Speaker 1>this might just have been the first reported work stoppage.

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<v Speaker 1>by Decado. See you tomorrow.