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...going to make the table grape industry do the right thing," he said...
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...
California's state government experiences a massive turnover in the 1982 elections. Cesar Chevez notes that Republican Governor George Deukemejian's campaign receives $1 million from corporate grape growers...
Chavez calls for another grape boycott. In the boycott resolution, low wages and lax enforcement of the ALRA are cited. Pesticides are not mentioned as a motive...