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Alexandra McNitt, a project manager at HDS, said the "Limited Yes" voting options were added after students pointed out that not all table grapes are produced in California, and that foreign grape producers would not be subject to the United Farm Workers (UFW) boycott on California grapes that has been in effect since...
...addition, according to Mark Grossman, director of the UFW's press division and Cesar Chavez's press secretary from 1975 to 1993, there are approximately 300 grape workers who are union members. Any grapes picked by these workers would be exempt from the boycott...
Although HDS has made efforts to present position papers from both the progrape and anti-grape sides, literature from one side has been deliberately stolen from several dining halls, possibly to prevent students from reading both perspectives, McNitt said...
Injustices surrounding the grape boycott do not just concern poor working conditions, but also the violation of basic human rights. We urge students to take a stand against these violations and vote no to grapes on November...
...United Farm Workers first initiated a grape boycott in 1965, and it was supported by such luminaries as Robert Kennedy...