Word: california
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When Daniel P. Chung '00 calls his southern California home, he places a collect call, then hangs up when the operator asks his mother to accept charges...
...Crimson staff, in declaring its opposition to the return of grapes to the dining halls (Staff Editorial, "No Grapes: Support Grape Pickers" Nov. 4), has opted to accept the United Farm Workers' (UFW) version of events in California instead of considering the true facts of the situation. As a native of one of California's most productive agricultural areas, I am disturbed that The Crimson has chosen to perpetuate myth and an unjustified boycott. I urge The Crimson to rescind its editorial support of a 14-year-old boycott against an industry that is a leader in providing good wages...
...Farm workers in California are protected under a comprehensive state law allowing them to select through secret ballot which union, if any, they want to represent them. Time and again, California farm workers have rejected the UFW as their representative and have selected other unions to represent them...
...Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahoney, who marched with UFW founder Cesar Chavez, came out against the UFW's grape boycott because of California's unique labor relations law that protects farm workers. Mahoney served as the first chair of California's Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Massachusetts does not have this type of protective farm labor law and many growers in this state perpetuate poor conditions for farm workers...
...California farmers do not harvest grapes year-round. From late November until May, all grapes sold and consumed in the United States are imported from foreign countries, in most cases South American nations. Therefore, a ban on grapes at Harvard during the school year would hurt foreign producers more than it would hurt the California producers that are targeted...