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Table-grape growers are particularly vulnerable to strikes because their product requires continual attention through much of the year. Since the appearance of the fruit affects its value?unlike the case of wine grapes???the bunches must be carefully picked by hand. Because of their vulnerability, Chavez picked the table-grape growers as his first target. In 1966, after a strike, he got his first contract when Schenley Industries capitulated because it had a nationally known name at stake. Later that year he won the right to represent workers at the mammoth Di Giorgio ranch in an election monitored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE LITTLE STRIKE THAT GREW TO LA CAUSA | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

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