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Today, the grape vote has finally arrived. At breakfast, lunch or dinner today, make your voice heard not only in your dining hall but across the country: vote the "no" option on grapes...
...more central issue of the status of California grapes and 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...
Though the Grape Coalition cites California law and official agriculture agency statistics, this is misleading because a good number of the workers in question are migrants and illegally in the United States and therefore are likely to go unreported in such statistics. The farms may very well have the requisite bathrooms and pay for the workers they report, but the numbers of workers not listed on the payroll could hold the difference between respectable working conditions and utter squalor...
With Tuesday's piece on the grape debate titled "Grape Workers Recount Difficult-Conditions." The Crimson has descended further into the realm of tabloid journalism...
Thank goodness it's finally over. After tomorrow, we can look forward to a campus discourse free of produce and hopefully we will also have grapes. Don't believe the UFW propaganda. Grape picking may be unpleasant, but it is not criminally exploitative. Further, grapes are safe. There have been no grape-related deaths in recent memory. Vote for grapes...