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Student activists who support the HDS boycott claim that non-unionized grape pickers are exploited by their employers. According to United Farm Workers (UFW) fact sheets distributed in the dining halls, the average worker receives little more than minimum wage and no benefits or job security for working with dangerous pesticides and without toilets or drinking water...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Non-Unionized Farms Not Exploitative, Says Grape Grower | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...HDS had initially planned the vote without a clear way to interpret the results, but the new ballot will give HDS a clearer mandate...

Author: By Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yes or No: Grape Vote Options Simplified | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

...Dining services was just trying to get information. Then collectively we intended to look at the whole picture," McNitt said, meaning that the option garnering the highest number of votes would not necessarily be the one selected by HDS...

Author: By Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yes or No: Grape Vote Options Simplified | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

Some students and HDS staff members agree that the issue needs to be settled...

Author: By Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yes or No: Grape Vote Options Simplified | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

Although this vote will end the grape issue for HDS, a "yes" win does not guarantee that dining halls will serve grapes, according to McNitt. Cost and availability will also influence HDS's opinion

Author: By Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yes or No: Grape Vote Options Simplified | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

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