In September 1965, Itliong led Filipino grape workers to strike for better conditions. 8 days later, he was joined by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the National Farmworkers Association.
October is Filipino American History Month and a Filipino American labor leader who alongside Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Philip Vera Cruz, made history right here in Delano is finally getting a mural solely dedicated to him in the town he helped foster great change.