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Technically, almost all grapes from California are still under the 1984 boycott called by the United Farm Workers (UFW), the union formerly led by Chavez. The boycott was the third such economic sanction in a series of UFW boycotts dating back...
However, Mark Grossman, director of the UFW's press division and Cesar Chavez's press secretary from 1975 to 1993, said that UFW has not in recent years "been actively pursuing" the grape boycott and has instead been focusing on organizing strawberry workers in California...
...reluctant to call anyone to task, since we're not actively promoting the boycott," he said. "But I think it would be well for people to remember the abuse and betrayal of grape workers by this industry that led to the grape boycott, since those abuses and that betrayal continue...
According to Grossman, only 300 grape workers--less than 1 percent of the grape industry in California--are currently members of the UFW. The boycott applies to all California table grapes not picked by these workers...
...reasons why Cesar Chavez began the third boycott in 1984 are still valid--nothing has changed," Grossman said. "Grape workers who have organized under the UFW have been intimidated, physically attacked and harassed [by] grape growers who refuse to bargain in good faith for union contracts. Wages are poor, benefits are few if not non-existent. Workers frequently complain they're treated like animals by foremen and labor contractors...