Wheatland Hop Riot

Wheatland Hop Riot

The Wheatland Hop Riot, an important and highly-publicized event in California labor history, was the second major labor dispute in the United States supposedly initiated by the Industrial Workers of the World. A bloody clash occurred at the Durst Ranch in Wheatland, California on August 3, 1913, climaxing growing tensions brought about by the difficult conditions farm laborers at the ranch endured. The riot resulted in four deaths and many injuries. It focused public opinion for the first time on the plight of California's agricultural laborers, and resulted in new state legislation to regulate labor camp conditions. A new State Commission on Immigration and Housing was created to help improve working conditions. The Wheatland Hop Riot was also the first major farm labor confrontation in California and a harbinger of decades of attempts to organize or control agricultural labor.

References

* [http://libcom.org/history/1913-wheatland-hop-riot A short history of the Wheatland Hop Riot, 1913] on http://libcom.org
* [http://www.labornet.org/viewpoints/meister/wheat.htm LaborNet: The Legacy of Wheatland]
* [http://www.wheatlandhigh.org/landmarks.htm#799-3 Historical marker] on the site of Durst Hop Ranch, site of the Wheatland Hop Riot] .
* [http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21537 Yuba: California Historical Landmarks] No. 1003 Site of the Wheatland Hop Riot of 1913.


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