Word: boycotters
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...used catchy slogans about student choice to obscure the labor issues at hand. The anti-grape forces relied on dated literature supplied by the United Farm Workers (UFW), a union that not only has reason to be biased but which has itself all-but dropped the grape boycott, throwing its credibility on the issue into question...
Sadly, the majority of the student body--both the 1,694 students who voted yes and, as important, the 3,000 who abstained--chose to place their confidence in the grape farm owners, severing their ties to a boycott that had lost momentum but that remained noble in intention. Our pull-out will put grapes on our tables and profits in the bank for grape harvesters. It will do nothing for workers' health, safety and bargaining power...
Kovacevich and Seton stressed the importance of supporting the anti-boycott cause in the face of vociferous campaigning by the opposition...
Other students said they voted in favor of ending the boycott...
...voted yes. I don't think the reasons they have against grapes are that strong," said Lin Gan '00. "I don't think [the boycott] is going to make that big a difference. If people want to help workers there are so many more efficient ways...