an economics professor at Austin Community College, pecan shellers were typically paid between two to three dollars a week, or six to seven cents per pound of pecan meat they separated. For the pieces of pecan meat that were not whole, they were paid about four cents per pound.Tenayuca eventuallystepped down as leader The brand is donating 50,000 skin-care products as a thank you to the doctors and nurses in New York City's hospitals.Theragun Eventually, the police left the scene without firing a shot.According totheDaily Camera Five years after her first arrest, Tenayuca had gained the trust of the Mexican community in San Antonio by participating in other demonstrations. That’s why pecan shellers didn’t hesitate to view the 21-year-old as the leader of their cause. That year, 1938, Tenayuca became instrumental in leadingthe largest strike in San Antonio historyAn estimated12,000 pecan shellers walked out