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...Crimson staff, in declaring its opposition to the return of grapes to the dining halls (Staff Editorial, "No Grapes: Support Grape Pickers" Nov. 4), has opted to accept the United Farm Workers' (UFW) version of events in California instead of considering the true facts of the situation. As a native of one of California's most productive agricultural areas, I am disturbed that The Crimson has chosen to perpetuate myth and an unjustified boycott. I urge The Crimson to rescind its editorial support of a 14-year-old boycott against an industry that is a leader in providing good wages...
...Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahoney, who marched with UFW founder Cesar Chavez, came out against the UFW's grape boycott because of California's unique labor relations law that protects farm workers. Mahoney served as the first chair of California's Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Massachusetts does not have this type of protective farm labor law and many growers in this state perpetuate poor conditions for farm workers...
...against California's governor at the time. The following year, the boycott campaign expanded to focus on the elimination of pesticides. Working conditions have always been a concern of the UFW, but they were not the original reason for the boycott. Additionally, Stanford University does not currently endorse the grape boycott, as the Crimson staff indicated...
...else, it is not clear what circumstances have changed to warrant this new policy. In a Crimson article of Oct. 28, Mark Grossman, the director of the United Farm Worker's press division and Cesar Chavez's press secretary from 1975-'93, was quoted as saying, "Nothing has changed. Grape workers who have organized under the UFW have been intimidated, physically attacked, and harassed [by] grape growers who refuse to bargain in good faith for union contracts...
Starting the week of November 17, HDS will have a table in every dining hall with literature on the grape boycott for students to read. There will be information for both sides of the debate, McNitt said...