Emma Tenayuca

Emma Tenayuca ( born December 21, 1916 in San Antonio, Texas; † 23 July 1999) was an American person of the labor movement. They fought for the minimum wage.

Tenayuca grew up with her grandparents and had ten brothers and sisters.

At age 16, she joined the labor movement. They came up with the strikes of the cigar manufacturer Finck Cigar Company in contact. After she graduated from Brackenridge High School ( 1934), it was elevator guide. However, they continued to feel the labor movement belonging and was arrested when she took part in the strikes at Finck Cigar Company. In 1937 Tenayuca became the General Secretary of the Workers' Alliance over ten sections in San Antonio. Tenayuca in 1938 to a representation in the strike of the Pecan peelers. There were several reasons for the strike. The dust of the work led to high rates of tuberculosis. The sanitary facilities were inadequate for the workers. Their salaries were reduced also.

On August 25, 1939 Tenayuca was given the opportunity to talk at a meeting of a small communist party. Here, however, there were outbreaks of violence in equipped with anti-communists audience. Although she managed to secure leaving the event, Tenayuca received repeated death threats from then on, however. Once it has been set by the incident on the black list, she was forced to leave San Antonio. They moved to San Francisco. In 1952 she earned a certificate entitling them to work as a teacher. She worked at the Harlandale school in San Antonio, after her return to Texas was allowed. In 1974 Tenayuca acquired at the Our ​​Lady of the Lake University's Master of Education. Since 1982, she was retired.

Tenayuca died 1999.