Bay area writer seeks information about 1924 Hanapepe sugar strike

Mel Orpilla, from Vallejo, Calif., is on Kaua’i to research the Sept., 1924 Hanapepe plantation workers strike. The strike led to the deaths of workers and policemen and was a landmark event in the unionization of the Hawaiian sugar industry.

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