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...plight of strawberry workers drew 40 students to a panel discussion entitled "Farmworker Facts and Fiction" featuring students, faculty and United Farm Workers (UFW) activists...
...some said the picture offered by the UFW workers was unfair...
...work to effect change by going in delegations to these stores to get them to sign the pledge and by discussing the issue with Harvard Dining Services. Despite our distance from the strawberry fields, our efforts in Cambridge can have a direct, meaningful and beneficial impact on the UFW's efforts...
...full understanding of the issues surrounding the campaign. Efforts cannot be blind or haphazard, or they risk of becoming counterproductive. An uninformed rally or an unprepared debate can do more harm than good. Understanding, by contrast, can inspire ventures into avenues previously unexplored. A large part of the UFW's success is in fact due to its innovation and creativity in dealing with large and impersonal agribusiness companies...
Understanding can also create the sensitivity and the awareness to bring neglected issues to light. The UFW has recently begun to focus on the rampant sexual harassment and abuse of female strawberry pickers that has been, for the most part, ignored...