Word: chavez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...farmworkers did not support Chavez and his strikes for many reasons. For one, he was not a farmworker himself. Also, he did not offer a substantial increase in wages (the contracts he finally signed in 1970 raised base pay ten cents an hour...
...most important reason for Chavez's lack of support is that the workers did not want to allow anyone to gain absolute power over their jobs. Under the contracts Chavez sought, the growers would not be able to hire the workers. A grower would have to ask the UFW to send him men when he needed them and the UFW would then assign workers...
...Because Chavez's strike was a massive failure, he turned to the boycott. If he had the support of the workers, there would be no need for a boycott. The workers would go on strike and there would be no harvested grapes or lettuce for consumers to worry about...
...reason for the boycott, therefore, was that Chavez did not have the support of the farmworkers. The purpose, however, was to force workers into a union they didn't want to join. The strategy was to fool consumers into boycotting grapes and lettuce by misrepresenting the conditions of the farmworkers. The boycott would then force growers to sign with Chavez, and if the farmworkers wanted to work, they would have to join...
...strategy eventually brought limited success. In the summer of 1970, 26 major grape growers signed contracts with Chavez. They were signed only by Chavez and the growers but they made the workers members...