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...vegetable workers in California - from the vineyards in Sonoma to the strawberry fields in Salinas - took the day off. Meanwhile, several large employers of Latinos, including chicken processors Perdue Farms and Tyson Farms, shut several of their plants to accommodate workers who stayed home to support the economic boycott...
...About the split in opinion over the boycott, Headington said: "It's not a monolithic Latino community. We respect the other groups' rights. It's a matter of what fits for you, whether you want to take the day off or participate at the end of the day. But we think our march is resonating with more people...
...Carecen, or Central American Resource Center, a Los Angeles Latino immigrant community services organization. Sanbrano was one of the organizers of the March 25 demonstration that attracted more than 500,000 marchers to downtown L.A., but this time her group and others have distanced themselves from the more militant boycott organizers. They formed the We Are America Coalition, which planned a separate march along Wilshire Blvd. in midtown Los Angeles for 4 p.m. - after school hours and closer to quitting time for most jobholders. "We are not against the boycott," Sanbrano told TIME.com. "We just want to make sure that...
...There are early signs that the effects of the boycott were being felt on city services. Though the information remains unverified by the L.A. Dept. of Transporation, Sanbrano and Mike Garcia, head of local 1877 of the Service Employees International Union, both say they received reports this morning that bus ridership in the city is down substantially. "We were told that buses are carrying only 15% of the usual volume of riders," said Sanbrano. She also received reports that at the city's big wholesale produce market downtown, the L.A. Terminal, sales activity was light, with many out-of-state...
...city's most popular radio DJ's, Eddie "el Piolin" Sotelo, who stirred passions and whipped up enthusiasm for the March 25 boycott, didn't report to his mike this morning, in support of the boycott, and the station aired a previously taped show. Meanwhile, over the weekend, some members of the We Are America coalition were disheartened to hear that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would be traveling to Dallas for NFL meetings, rather than participating in their afternoon march. Villaraigosa told TIME.com in March that he preferred to lobby for the McCain-Kennedy Senate bill on immigration reform rather than...