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...grape workers, there is no debating that the situation with both pesticides and working conditions have improved since the creation of the grape workers, there is no debating that the situation with both pesticides and working conditions have improved since the creation of the UFW by the late Cesar Chavez in the 1960s. Growers in mushrooms, roses and wine grapes have met their demands and have reached their desired standard of working conditions. However, in the field of table grapes, the situation has not improved enough...
...vote for only UFW approved grapes would, from a practical standpoint, result in an effective ban on grapes, since only one grape grower in California--Nash-De Camp--has signed an agreement with the UFW, according to Mark Grossman, director of the UFW's press division and Cesar Chavez's press secretary from...
...When you make choices like this, you don't make them in a vacuum," said Marshall Ganz '66-'92, an instructor at the Kennedy School of Government who worked for the UFW from 1965-1981 and directed the union's organizing efforts under Cesar Chavez...
...Cesar Chavez organizes a major strike against California grape producers to combat poor working conditions and low wages for the field workers. When the walkout appears headed for failure, he calls for a boycott of all California table grapes. Colleges throughout the country join in the boycott...
Boycott pressure forces about 200 table grape growers to sign three-year contracts with the United Farm Workers (UFW), Chavez' labor union. The contracts ensure decent wages, medical care, a pension plan, fresh drinking water and clean toilets in the fields...