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...Crimson staff, in declaring its opposition to the return of grapes to the dining halls (Staff Editorial, "No Grapes: Support Grape Pickers" Nov. 4), has opted to accept the United Farm Workers' (UFW) version of events in California instead of considering the true facts of the situation. As a native of one of California's most productive agricultural areas, I am disturbed that The Crimson has chosen to perpetuate myth and an unjustified boycott. I urge The Crimson to rescind its editorial support of a 14-year-old boycott against an industry that is a leader in providing good wages...
...Farm workers in California are protected under a comprehensive state law allowing them to select through secret ballot which union, if any, they want to represent them. Time and again, California farm workers have rejected the UFW as their representative and have selected other unions to represent them...
Perhaps Harvard students have merely forgotten. Last week, in response to numerous student requests, Harvard Dining Services (HDS) announced that they will begin to carry grapes again at brunch on Nov. 9 after five years of supporting the ongoing United Farm Workers (UFW) boycott on table grapes. In response, we will remind the student body of the reason that grapes have no place in our dining halls...
...boycott of table grapes was begun for two reasons: for the livelihoods of the one percent of grape workers represented by the United Farm Workers (UFW), founded by the late Cesar Chavez; and for the sake of the countless others who would wish to join but are prevented for fear of losing their jobs...
Grape pickers in California work long days under arduous conditions in close proximity to pesticides. They are paid for the number of boxes of grapes they pick. The UFW called for a boycott because the conditions in the grape-picking industry were so dangerous that grape pickers could not find jobs that offered humane treatment, clean drinking water, health or accident insurance, and basic sanitation for the workers in the agricultural camps. The College has been a part of the boycott--which is currently upheld at Yale, Stanford and Duke--since 1992. Other parts of the Harvard community...