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A Salinas, Calif., court sent Cesar Chavez to jail last Friday for refusing to call off the national boycott of non-United Farm Worker lettuce.
Hearings on the injunction against UFW strike and boycott activities begin in Salinas, Calif., today. Bud Antle, a grower contracting with the Teamsters, and Dow Chemical Corporation jointly brought the injunction against Chavez. Dow owns 17,000 acres of Antle's land.
At this point, Chavez decided to move into Salinas. The UFW began to organize the workers around three points: the recognition of the right of workers to form their own union, the institution of a health care plan, and the increase of the hourly wage to $2.
On Aug. 11, officials of the Western Conference of Teamsters met with UFW leaders to discuss the organization of the workers. This meeting produced a jurisdictional pact between the two unions, giving the UFW the exclusive right to organize Salinas field workers and letting the Teamsters represent all warehouses and...
Chavez then called for a general strike against lettuce growers in the Salinas Valley, and picket lines were organized.