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...night at a fund-raiser for the United Farm Workers which he attended because after all, his parents were grape pickers back in California. The friend said the cartoon was appropriate for Paco, so he had hung it on his wall next to the stark black eagle of UFW union seal. He used to chuckle at it every now and then without really knowing...
Ross said many Americans believe the battle to improve the farm workers' plight ended in 1975, with the passage of a California law allowing the UFW to organize farm workers and to hold free elections to determine union representation. "The struggle is not over," he said, adding that large farm owners still sometimes use armed guards to intimidate picketing union members...
Ross said the current law allowing the UFW to unionize workers is not sufficient to prevent a reversal of recent union gains. Only boycotts and continuous political pressure will allow the UFW to continue to be effective, he said...
...UFW Benefit Dahce--Old Cambridge Baptist Church...
...knew nothing about the problems with the farmworkers" until the day of the delegation. I have worked closely, for the past two years, with the United Farm Workers Union in their efforts to ensure just living and working conditions for agricultural workers. I will continue to support the UFW's boycott of Gallo wines and non-UFW grapes until farmworkers are permitted to select a union to represent them and until growers like CGC negotiate contracts with the union so chosen. Bernard W. Bell...