Word: 1960s
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...debating that the situation with both pesticides and working conditions have improved since the creation of the grape workers, there is no debating that the situation with both pesticides and working conditions have improved since the creation of the UFW by the late Cesar Chavez in the 1960s. Growers in mushrooms, roses and wine grapes have met their demands and have reached their desired standard of working conditions. However, in the field of table grapes, the situation has not improved enough...
Never has a small purple fruit caused so much heated debate. From the 1960s to the 1990s, California table grapes have been a bone of contention between labor activists and agricultural interests...
Though conditions have improved since Cesar Chavez began organizing workers in the late 1960s, Felipe said she would not support buying most California grapes if she were a Harvard student...
...added that the situation has greatly improved since the 1960s when California passed legislation enforcing better sanitation and working conditions California passed legislation enforcing better sanitation and working conditions in the fields...
...nearly $900,000 of union funds to the 1996 campaign in which he narrowly defeated challenger James P. Hoffa. The explosive ruling followed guilty pleas last September by three Carey aides, including Michael Ansara, a co-founder of the radical Students for a Democratic Society at Harvard in the 1960s, who admitted to helping shift $95,000 of union dues into Carey's coffers. Carey denies knowing about the illegal acts and vows to fight the disqualification ruling...