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ANOTHER CASTRO is one of the subjects in two articles on the farmworkers' union battle in the December/January issue of Ramparts. David B. Castro is the secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters' farmworkers' union Local 1973 in Salinas, California, and according to George Baker's article, "The Teamster Raid: Stalled in the Vineyards," he is the symbol of the real struggle between the UFW and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Castro is portrayed as a slick image-conscious operator who feels that if his underlings can't "sell me, I'll lose the [possible union] election." Baker avoids the simplistic statistical...
...these hard times, it makes sense that most of the Farmworkers reap the immediate cash gains of higher-paying Teamster contracts. But what is at stake in the long run is the Farmworkers' right to decent lives--and no amount of statistics will be able to determine that...
...about the farmworkers' situation in the Salinas Valley. I've lived in Salinas most of my life, the Salinas Valley all of my life and I've worked "out in the fields" the past five summers. The past two summers I've worked on a Hansen Farms lettuce crew (Teamster) and during this period I've become increasingly concerned over the belief on the east coast, particularly at Harvard, that lettuce workers don't make much money...
...gain public support. You seem to have proven my point, especially since grape and lettuce workers earn much more than your national median figures. And it's not just income that they have distorted, but migrancy, farmer's incomes, UFW support among farmworkers, UFW's record on violence, Teamster contracts, the nature of the UFW hiring hall, Chavez's record on secret ballot elections and a number of other issues...
...MEMBER AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION": This organization is funded by Teamster and grower money and had a predecessor known as the "Agricultural Workers Freedom to Work Association." This group was disbanded because of the lawsuit filed by the UFW, charging that the group was in violation of the Landrum-Griffin Act which prohibits employee groups being funded by employers. This group was closely allied with the National Right to Work Committee and the National and California Farm Bureaus, who were all opposed to any union and its activities...