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...melon crop and 30% of the citrus crop, two of the main areas of UFW activity. Two corporations control over a third of the nation's production of leafy green vegetables, another key area of UFW organizing. (National, 6/15/71). And Gallo wine, currently the main target of the UFW boycott in Cambridge, produces at least 37% of all domestic wine (Fortune 9/71), and is worth an estimated $250 million (Business Week, 9/19/70...
Pappas and the Provision Co. management both say they think the boycott is unfair...
...major distributor for the Harvard Provision Co.--a Square liquor store which has been boycotted and picketed for refusing to honor a nation-wide Gallo wine boycott--said yesterday he is considering legal action to end the picketing...
...United Farm Workers Union claims the E. & J. Gallo Winery of Modesto, Calif., signed unfair contracts with the Teamsters union in 1973. Gallo claims the contract was legal and fair, and states that the current UFW-sponsored boycott of their wines is unjust...
...seems that those who have supported the boycott and are supporting the drive against Harvard Pro are being used to hurt the very people they are trying to help. Misguided public support has been Chavez's only weapon against the farmworkers and those who have given this support are really responsible for screwing the workers...