January 19, 1920
Led by the Filipino Federation of Labor, 3,000 Filipino workers on the sugar plantations of Oahu, Hawaii, went on strike. Their ranks swelled to 8,300 when Japanese workers organized by the Japanese Federation of Labor joined in their efforts to obtain a living wage, and maternity benefits for women workers. Strikers were evicted from company housing and the resulting crowded, primitive condition made them especially vulnerable in the flu epidemic, in which 150 died. The strike ended in July, with their demands being met half-way.
