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Familiarity, it seems, breeds tolerance. "The Mexican American in Nogales, Ariz., is not reticent to say he's Mexican," says Paul Bracker, a local businessman. "There is a healthy attitude here toward heritage." Says Robert Stuchen, vice president of the Capin Mercantile Corp., one of Arizona's largest employers: "My kids are not aware of prejudices here in Nogales. We're probably more Mexicanized than the Mexicans are Americanized." Merchant Fred Knechel, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Calexico, Calif., across the line from Mexicali, contends that there are "class prejudices but not racial prejudices on the border...
...strike was definitely worth it, and the workers are proud of themselves," said Anne L. Bracker, a Local 34 organizer. Bracker said she feels Yale ended up settling because "they could feel we were ready to do it all over again...
...until recently the university has had no interest in bargaining, and now they know that all eyes are on them." Local 34 organizer Anne L. Bracker said last week...
...Bracker was referring to the Chicago-based law firm of Seyforth, Shaw, Fairweather, and Geraldson, which in the past 20 years has made several attempts to decertify the United Farm Workers Union...
Local 34 is a sister union to Local 35, which consists of dining hall employees. According to Bracker rumors have spread that Local 35 would go on strike in sympathy for its sister union...