Gloria Betancourt, a Teamsters Local 912 member and avid community activist in Watsonville, died on February 13, 2021.
Gloria helped to rally her coworkers at a Watsonville cannery to go out on strike in 1985. Met with police brutality on their strike line, the majority-female strike committee bolstered the effort by organizing emergency food banks and financial relief funds for affected workers.
Through their effective strike, they not only secured the retirement and medical benefits that had been under threat during negotiations,
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