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Members of Harvard's Chicano students organization, Raza, today begin a two-day fast in support of the United Farm Workers' (UFW) boycott of California grapes treated with pesticides...
...protest, designed to draw attention to the rising incidence of cancer in areas of heavy pesticide use, is part of a nationwide relay effort, in which celebrities, politicians and students take turns fasting. UFW President Caesar Chavez began the fast this summer with a 36-day hunger strike before passing the protest effort to the Rev. Jesse Jackson...
CESAR CHAVEZ, the head of the United Farm Workers (UFW), was in town this week to drum up support for a new grape boycott. It seems the governor of California, George Deukmejian, has turned a deaf ear to the plight of the impoverished--in some cases, starving--laborers, in sharp contrast to the open-arms policies of Chavez old friend, former governer Jerry Brown. Chavez objects specifically to Deukmejian's recent line-veto of an appropriation by the state congress which was to speed up the collection of millions of dollars in back pay owed the workers. But that issue...
...campaign--something relatively new in the world of labor relations--is needed. But there are serious drawbacks involved which should not be taken lightly. In more ideal circumstances, the union would base its power on the will of its membership, without having to resort to the electorate. The UFW leadership, read Chavez, has been-justly accused of placing politics above the interests of the workers. Chavez was perhaps the first of a new breed of union leader, a very perplexing breed. On the one hand, Chavez and the others have achieved landmark contracts and won many battles in which...
...boycott, which ended successfully in 1975, was supported by 17 million American adults, according to a Harris Poll. Chavez has directed a total of 27 boycotts during his tenure as UFW president, each of which he served "successful...