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...Chicano strikers first walked out on May 10, 1972, to protest the dismissal of six workers who were attempting to organize a union in one of Farah's El Paso, Texas, plants...
After the march, the demonstrators and some curious shoppers proceeded to Boston Common where Elvira Lozana described the labor conditions which led to the 17-month strike against Farah by nearly 3000 non-union Chicana women. Lozana worked in one of Farah's four El Paso, Texas, plants for five years...
Theodore A. Houghton, vice president of Farah for marketing, described these charges as "absolute, unadulterated lies" last July. "The racial problem is a myth here in El Paso," he said...
Three thousand Farah workers, most of them Chicanos and many of them women, walked out of Farah's El Paso plant 17 months ago, striking for better wages, work conditions, and union representation. That fact, despite a flurry of Farah propaganda to the contrary, indicates that something clearly is wrong in El Paso...
...boycott triggered by that initial walkout has spread from coast to coast, forced down the price of Farah stock, and clearly shoved the company against the wall. How else to explain Farah's determined and frightened claims in newspapers far from Texas that all is well in its El Paso plant? Farah's claims are all outrageous. For example, one of the company's ads cites "an above average wage scale" as one of the benefits that accrue to fortunate Farah workers. In response, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers -- who are spearheading the unionization drive -- testified before the National Labor Relations...