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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...
...HDS had initially planned the vote without a clear way to interpret the results, but the new ballot will give HDS a clearer mandate...
...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...
Some students and HDS staff members agree that the issue needs to be settled...
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