Word: chavez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meant refusing to take time off work to man the boycott lines or refusing to drive boycott pickets to San Francisco. But most importantly, it also meant speaking against the union to reporters and outsiders. This agreement was devised to intimidate and silence the great majority of farmworkers that Chavez and the growers had forced into the UFW against their will...
...Richard Chavez, Cesar's brother, boasted immediately after signing the contracts that anyone who said a word against the UFW would be fired. Later, three workers who had filed suits against Cesar reported that the hiring hall bosses could no longer find assignments for them...
...sent too many workers to a ranch, other times they could not send enough. sometimes the workers had to wait long hours for an assignment. Or sometimes the workers were sent too late to pick the perishable crops. The very first grower that signed a contract with Chavez in 1966 had to plow his rotted vineyards under because Chavez did not send enough workers on time. The immediate effect of this was less work and pay for the farm workers...
...this poor administration had long-term effects also, forcing some growers in to bankruptcy. Late in 1966, Chavez signed a contract with a second company, the DiGiorgio Corp. The UFW created many problems for the company, but the most important one was that it could not supply enough workers. This was due partly to UFW disorganization and partly to its unpopularity among pickers...
...result, Chavez's boycotts and UFW disorganization have been major factors in causing declines in table grape planting. By 1971 growers had cut back planting by 4000 acres in the Coachella Valley and 8000 in the San Joaquin...