Vol. VI, No. 23November 30, 1973

The official uoice of the United Farmworkers

Photos by Pearcy. Constantine. Sanchez and Praytor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- TheNational Conference of Cath­olic Bishops unanimously ad­opted resolutions November16 endorsing the grape andlettuce boycott "until suchtime as free secret b.allotelections are held." forfarm workers to decidewhich union they want.

The decision to supportLa Causa by the bishopscame after Bishop JosephF. Donnelly, Chairman oftheBishops' Committee on FarmLabor, presented a reporton behalf of the Committee.

In his report, BishopDonnelly explained how -theCommittee founded in 1968,helped to settle the five- yeartable grape dispute in 1970and how the Teamsters sign­ed secret agreements withthe lettuce growers that werelater labeled 'collusive' bythe California StateSupremeCourt.

Donnelly said the Com­mittee helped to mediate twojurisdictional pacts betweenthe United Farm Workers andthe Teamsters that failed·tosettle the dispute.

The Bishops, Committeecontinued on its own initia­tive to meet with Teamsters,he said, but the Teamstersthen announced they wouldorganize farm workers"without regard tothe twojurisdictional pact" they hadsigned.

Then, when the tablegrape contracts expired this

year, the Teamsters signedsecret contracts with all buttwo of the table grape grow-ers in Coachella. .

"This is a clear signalthat the Teamsters--whodidnot represent the workers inthe Coachella Valley-- weredetermined, in collusion withthe growers, to destroy theUnited Farm Workers," re­ported DonnellYr

He told the Bishops theUFWA was then forced tocall a new table grape strikeand boycott with the help ofa $1.6 million strike fundfrom the AFL-CIO.

Finally, said Donnelly,"OnSeptf'In -r28tll€TE'am­sters, at the prodding of theNational AFL-CIO, tenta­tively agreed to a third jur­isdictional pact with theUFWA, but the Teamstersagain failed to keep theirword.

There were no dissentingspeeches given in responseto the Bishops' Committee'srecommendation that theNational Conference endorsethe grape and lettuce boy­cott.

Those who spoke in favorof the Committee's recom­mendations were: CardinalMedeiros of Boston; Arch­bishop Furey of San Antonio;Bishop Walter Sullivan fromthe Diocese of Richmond;Archbishop CaroIl ofDes Moines;Bishop O'Rourkeand Msgr. George C. Hig­gins.

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Gallo boycotters at the Los Angeles rally a.t the Leo Baeck Temple.

mural of Cesar. Chavezin his role as a farm workerleader by Yolanda Nunez ofEast Los Angeles, an orginalserigraph by Corita Kent and$2.000.

Thirty- four crew bosses

He drew laughter when hecompared the Union's suc­cessful campaign in getting59% of the voters to de­feat anti-Union Proposition22 a year ago to Nixon'sre-election victory.

"Who would have thoughtthat we'd both be in trouble!'he quipped, "He has onlyone Watergate, but we havelots of Teamsters and grow­ers.

Speaking in a more ser­ious vain, Chavez talkedabout the beatings, the jail­ings and the killings Unionstrikers have endured sinceApril. "Even though thesethings happened to us." hesaid. ' "We come outstronger. We are learningto appreciate justice--howdifficult it is to get andhow easy it is to lose!'

But 'he said, "WE BOY­COTT BECAUSE WE HAVEHOPE"

The hope farm workersfind in the boycott was alsostrongly affirmed by Los An­geles Boycott Director JimDrake, who drew cheersfrom the crowd wnen hesaid "The boycotts in thepast were only dress­rehearsals for what's tocome! We are going to diebefore the Teamsters takethese contracts away!"

The donations to the Unioncollected during the rallyincluded a bold, colorful

Internation~,! solidaritymarks L.A. boycott ra lIy

Popular support of theboycott is rapidly growing,announced the UFW pre­sident. "right now we have who belong to the anti- UFWprobably about 300 com- group have signed a "Delanomunities throughout the U.s.. Pact" which provides forand Canada who are organi- the crew bosses to take what­zing themselves to do boy- ever legal action necessarycotting. This is besides the if the Teamsters back out60 to 65 communities where of their agreements with thewe have staff.H growers.

Al~o allied with the grow- "But Chavez is opti~istic.ers and Teamsters is a group There are some hIt andof labor contractors crew run strikes right now inchiefs and scabs who call Yuma, Imperial Valley, andthemselves the Agricultural the.re's a ~trike in ~oach~l­Workers for Democratic Ac- la In the omons•••We re gOingtion. the j?;roup has vowed, to. mobilize throughout the"to do everything we can Umted states to stop thewithin the sphere of our sales of grapes, lettuce andrespective :nnuences~opre- the Gallo wine. And we~revent thp. taking over of the going to win that way."

The UFW's misgIVingswere not without reason asit turns out. Teamster Pre- L a> ANGELES, California-­sident Frank Fitzsimmons An Israeli Arab ,Nawaf Mas­has backed out of an agree- salha, leader of the Arabment made with the AFL- Youth Section of the Histad­CIO back in'Septembennd rut (the Israeli labor move­announced that his union in- ment). expressed strong in­tends to honor their "moral ternational solidarity withand legal" obligations to the the United Farm Workers ofgrowers. The Teamsters America at a Los Angeleswill not ,give up their con- boycott rally November 10.tracts WhICh run for another Jewish farm workers in thethree years. Histadrut support the UFWA

Now that this latest effort struggle for dignity and unionto reach an agreement with rights," Massalha told thethe Teamsters has been tor- crowd of 800 Union support­pedoed, Chavez said the UFW ers packed into Temple Leowill seek to add an additional Baeck, :lfamousJewish tem-

. thousand full time boycotters pIe in West Los Angeles.to the 2, 200 already on Massalha appeared at theassignment throughout the invitation of Cesar Chaveznation. and rally chairman Art

In a Nov. 16 meeting with Torres, as did several otherthe press Chavez said: "We guests. The rally was spon­are going to boycott and sored by labor, political andstrike the employers until community leaders fromthey understand that they throught the Los Angelesjust can't commit this con- area.spiracy with the Teamsters. When Cesar Chavez ad­at the expense of the wor- dressed the gathering heker's rights to have repre- was introduced by Rep.sentation that workers are James Corman 22nd Con­entitled to•••" gressional Dist:ict. Corman

The Nov. 16 press con- said he became involved interence was called to an- La Causa through his daugh­nounce the resolutions pas- ter Maryann who was one ofsed by the National Con- the persons' resp.onsible forference of Catholic Bishops organiZing the rally.in support ofthe United Farm Chavez talked about theWorker's struggle. Chavez difficulties of organiZing thes~es the s~pport of the boycott in such a sprawlingBIShops as an Important step metropolitan area as Losin moblizing popular support Angeles. "Los Angeles isfor the unions boycott among like a whale you just can't,thousands of religous pe~ple. grasp," he said.

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In recent press confe­rences in Los Angeles, UFWpresident Cesar Chavezmade it clear that the lat­est Teamsters Union double­cross has set the stage foran increased wave of strikesin the fields and a streng­thening of the boycott driveacross the continent.

Chavez told the press onNov. 9 that the Union hadentered the talks with theTeamsters with "mis­givings" because "we hadgone through this route manyHmes within the last eightyears." Because the na­tional officials of the AFL­CIO had more faith in apossible agreement with theTeamsters than did the UFW,Chavez said his union agreedto try once again to reachan a:greement with the Team­sters.

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Pik'd Rite picks right: signs union contract

Cesar Chavez and Anthony Grcich sign Pik:t Ime strawberry contract. _

Growers tax farm' worke.rsto help Teamsters

Mohn: "No. That isn't aproblem to solve in this way.Shortage of jobs is the pro-­blem. If there weren't sucha shortage of jobs, Mexican­Americans could get jobs.I don't know what will hap­pen to the -Mexican­Americans. After all, youcan't expect whites who of­ten operate machines now tostep aside and let Mexican­Americans and Negroes havethe machine jobs they havehad for years.o

.Former Teamsters UnionPresident James R. Hoffain an interview by "NBC'sMeet the Press." when askedWhy the Teamsters are try­ing to wipe ut the UnitedFarm Workers of Americasaid: "You have to under~stand•••.the desire of theTeamsters Union to protectthe members they have in thecanning industry, th,e mem­bers they have in thewarehousing and the trans­portation industry••••"

will rise to $lJOJune 1, 1974.The rates per flat (18 pounds)for freezer strawberries

will be $1.30 effective at thebeginning of the harvest sea­son July 1 and $1.80 Septem­ber 1. 1974.

The contract offers thestandard protections andplarantees established by allUFWA contracts: pesticideclause, no abuse on the job,hiring hall and seniority~rievance procedure, jobsafety, paid vacations andholidays, medical plan andpension plan.

Under the terms of theagreement, the company a­grees to pay five cents perworker per hour into the Ro-­bert F. Kennedy MedicalPlan. Another five cents willbe paid into the Juan de laCruz Pension Plan and fivecents into the Martin LutherKing Farm Worker Fund.

The new contract replacesa six- month contract thatwas won by the workers af­ter a hard fought strike. Theold contract expiredNovem­ber 30.

The negotiations tookplace in.5alinas and the fin­al signing took place at theUFWA s national headquar­ters in La Paz. The grower, ,Anthony Grclch, flew to LaPaz in his private helicopterfor the occasion.

". -r--........ .-.Kiely: "What role do you

see the farm workers playingin the Teamsters Unionwhich represents them?"

Mohn; "We have to havethem in the union for a whileIt will be a couple of yearsbefore they can start havingmembership meetings, be­fore we can use the farmworker's ' ideas in theunion."

"I'm not sure how effec­tive a union can be when itis composed of Mexican-A-mericans and Mexicannationals with temporaryvisas. Maybe as agricul­ture becomes more sophis­ticated, more mechanized,with fewer transients, fewergreen carders, and as jobsbecome more attractive towhites, then we can builda union that can have struc­ture and that can negotiatefrom strength and havemembership participation."

Kiely: "Will union con­tracts afford protection toworkers displaced by me­chanization?" ,

LA PAZ,California--A newUnion contract signed Nov­ember 14. together with thestrong upsurge of support forthe boycott of grapes, lettuceand Gallo wines. is destroy­ing the myth peddled byene­mies of La Causa that theUFWA is a "dying union."

The one-year contract co-­vers the several hundredworkers of Pik'd Rite, a com­pany that grows a largestrawberry crop in the Sali­nas Valley and grows severalhundred acres in melons andtomatoes in the Firebaughand Mendota area, (FresnoCounty.)

Union chief negotiator Da­vid Burciaga led the bargain­ing for the contract with thehelp of a worker-elected ne­gotiating committee headedby Antonio Guevara.....

According to Burciaga, thewages set by the new contractare higher than the basicwage of $2.41 offered by thegrower-Teamster contractsin the Salinas Valley., The contract calls for wa­ges ranging from $2.50 to$3.40 for the different jobclassifications, effective byDecember 1. Later, un July28, 1974, the wage range willgo up again to $2.55-$3.45.

Also, the piece rate perflat(l2 pints) for fresh straw­herries was set at $.90 and

produce industry in SalinasValley,••••that we (the Team­sters) represent persons infood processing and freezerplants, and truck drivers whotransport products fromfields to coolers, plants andfreezers, and that the Team­sters intended to protectthese membersbyprotectingthe flow of goods fromgrowing to distribution••••"

• California State SupremeCourt in Englund vs. Chavez:"In his declaration Gramiexplains that the Teamsters'interest in representing thefarm workersstemprimari­ly from that union's re­presentation oftruck driversand food processing work­ers, employees who would beadversely affected ifthe fieldworkers went on strike."

" William Grami on Me­chanization in agriculture:"Moreover, it will bring sta­bility to an industry that isbecoming more mechanized,thus reducing the size of thework force required to har­vest and process the crops.

• Einar Mohn, Vice-Presi­dent ofthe International Bro-­therhood of Teamsters andDirector ofthe Western Con­ference of Teamsters, in aninterview withJane Yett Kie­ly earlv Anri) lQ7~.

Much of the evide!l1ce isbased upon public statementsmade by the California StateSupreme Court and Team­ster officials themselves.

Below is some of the evi­dence:

PUBLIC STATEMENTS

• William Grami, Directorof Organization of WesternConference of Teamsters,in Eckel Produce Co. vs.'Cesar Chavez: "I told Mr.Church (representative ofGrower Shipper Ve­getable Association) be­tween July 15 aftd July 27,1970, other persons in the

pected to act on the casesoon.

He said he and UFWASecretary-Treasurer Gil­bert Padilla discussed thecase with NLRB GeneralCounsel Peter Nash on OC-

tober 10.Since then, Gaenslen said,

all of the necessary evidencehas been submitted.

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--The farm workers chargethe growers are violatingSection 8 (a) (2) of the Na­tional Labor Relations Act,which makes it illegal foran employer to contributeto the financial support ofa labor organization.

(While the provisions ofthe NLRA specifically ex­clude "agricultural work­ers". the growers as "em­ployers" , and the Team­sters as a "labor organi­zation " of covered emplo-­yees are not exclUded. Thusthe growers and the 1'eam­sters fall under the juris­diction of the NLRB.)

The workers also demand. the contracts the growerssigned with the Teamstersbe sef aside and the moneycollected in dues under thosecontracts be returned tothem.

According to Tony Gaen­slen, the attorney represent­ing the 48 farm workers inthe case. the NLRB is ex-

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LA PAZ, The growers aretaxing farm workers to helpthe Teamsters destroy farmworker jobs. charged CesarChavez in a special inter­view November 22.

"'As a result of the com­pUlsory $7.00-a-month duescheckoff in the Teamstercontracts." he said. "thefarm workers are beingtaxed by the growers to fillthe coffers of a union whichintends to use ttieir moneyto push mechanization in 'thefields and kick farm workersout of their jobs."

Chavez said the Union'snew attack on the growers isbased on evidence presentedin ,a case filed in behalfof 48 farm workers withthe National Labor RelationsBoard.

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customers to the newly erec­ted "Smitty's' closeby.

Over 250 workers forInter Harvest have joined thePhoenix picket line in boy­cotting lettuce at Safeway.The worKers have divided in­to 10 crews. Each crew takescare of one store.• Andrew Dolan and ThomasGilhool, Professors of Law,USC Law Center, and LeonLetwin & Richard Wasser­stom, Professors of Law­UCLA, School of Law, makethe following observations:

The right of UFWA and itssupporters to engage peace­ably in picketing and leaf­letting on shopping centerproperty has been unquest­ioned by police official,or bycourt, since the decision ofthe US Supreme Court in1968 in the case of Amal­gamated Food Employees U­nion Local 590 vs. LoganYalley Plaza (391 US 309).

~n that case the SupremeCourt ruled that a shoppingcenter, having once openeditself to serve the public atlarge, could not,then, usetrespass laws to keep per­sons from entering upon itswalkways and parking lotsfor the purpose' of handbil­ling or picketing.

It was also ruled on theright of groups who have amessage directed to patronsin the status as customers ofthe market being picketed,.To inform customers not toshop at a market because itsells non-union produce.bears the" relationship, di­rect or indirect. betweenthe purpose of the expres­sive activity and the busi­ness of the shopping center "which the Supreme COI:rtsaid would invoke the pro­tectiv'e shield of the FirstAmendment.

Thus the right of UFWA topicket and leaflet in a peace­ful and orderly manner insuper- market parking lotsfree of arrest or injunctioncannot be questioned.

GroceriesMexican productsNewspapers andmagazines in Spanish

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are prohibited from goinginto Schnucks'property, andare forbidden to "BoycottSchnucks." Barbara Cooksays that this is "completelyagainst what the Constitutionguarantees us. It's a ridic­ulous restraint."• Phoenix Boycott directorDavid Koehler said an anti~boycott injunction obtainedby Safeway allows the pick­ets to stand in front of Safe­way as long as they are notboycotting Safeway. "Thisis in violation of the firstAmendment. We are not al­lowed to say ''Boycott Safe­way.' AlmightySafeway says'Thou shalt not speak.' Des­pite the court order, so farthe boycotters are havinglittle problem shuttling the

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in July of next year.Dr. Tom MikUlka, a bio,·

chemist, and director of theMaine boycott will join theclinic in April and ~::mcen­

trate on the area of pesti­cides.

Dr. John B. Stoekle, oftheMassachusets General Hos­pital will visit California inDecember, check out the cli­nics and help with recruiting.The New England Journal ofMedicine. the Unitarian Uni­versalist World, Real Maga­Zine, and the Boston Phoenixwill publicize the Union'sneed for physicians.

concentrating its efforts onA&P, despite an injunctionthat allows only 15 picketswho can boycott grapes andlettuce but not A&P, and pro­hibits pickets from enteringthe parking lot.

In St. Louis, Missouri­Richard and Barbara Cookare also faced with a crip­pling injunction on their boycott activities. The bruntof their efforts have beenconcentrated against the 44chain store Schnucks.

Schnucks has joined thelist of chains who are turn­ing to the" strike-breaking,union-breaking and picket

'line-breaking" restrainingorder to restrict and limitpicketing activities.

In St. Louis the boycotters

John Radebaugh's successfulrecruiting trip that took himacross the country. Rade­baugh returned to Californiawith a portfolio of pleasantmemories and a notebookfull of more than 300 namesand contacts.

He also organized a groupof Chicano medical studentswho will continue to displaythe Cliniic exhibit at theCountway Library at Har­vard for 3 more weeks. Sil­vestre Quevedo, a third yearmedical student will be inchar~e of the display.

from Rochester, N. Y.,Dr. James Tobin has pro­mised to join the clinic staff

Stores attemptboycott ban

BCSTON, MASS:-- In recentpublic statements, growerspokesmen agreed the boy­cott is an effective weaponfor the Union. This fear ofthe boycott has resulted inthe uses of restraints againstboycotters across the coun­try.

The Massachusetts StateSupreme Court is holding upBoston boycotters by post­poning its decision regarding"vague " state law, whichprohibits picketing in a shop­ping center, and bans thesecondary boycott.

rhe California Table GrapeCommission has indicatedthat Boston is a "problemarea" for the growers. TheBoston committee has been

Eugene. Oregon Interfaith group supporters deliver van tobe used by Calexico clinic~

rour doctors have appliedto work in La Causa clinics;among tnem a Chicano medi­cal undergraduate.

Rene Gilberto Jasso, fromthe College of Human Medi­cine, University of Michiganwill graduate in Decembe;and has agreed to come andwork with the Union for sixmonths, before going ontohis internship.

Dr. Jasso and the threeother applicants have com­mitted themselves to helpthe Union clinics to end theshortage of medical person­nel.

The recruitment of Jassois one of the results of Dr.

Four doctors apply for clinic worThere's something rotten in D. C. besides Water­

gate. 130 boxes of rotten seedless grapes, with theH & M (Heggblade-Marguleas) DEL MORa label werefound in the produce terminal by roving huelgistas.

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Pickets at Gem- Ward were threatened with arrestby the management. The Hawaiian boycotters havea ."management visitation committee" which negotiatesWIth management. Gem has been uncooperativeand hasrefused to meet with the committee. The anti-farmworker stance of Gem spurs the boycott committeeto main~ain its picket lines at recalcitrant Gem, Safe­way Pall and Safeway Manoa are on Saturdays picketinglist.

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"Not a drop of GALLO in Davis," states Mike An­Clair. The two liquor store owners in Davis met withFriends of the Farm Workers and "within 24 hours ofour first picket line all of Davis was clean." An­Clair adds that "the community is behind UFWA allthe way," and plan to act in surrounding communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

110 stores have been cleaned ootin the Bernal HeightsMission, and Potrero HBis areas. Lorraine Ramirezsays that stores tend to influence each other in re­moving ~rapes or lettuce, which keeps the crew of16 'grape cleansers' constantly, checking.

DAVIS, CALIFORNIA

The state senate passed a resoluti~n supporting theboycott and commending area chain stores who arecooperating with UFWA's efforts. The General AS­sembly also followed suit and passed a supportivestatement.

Six juveniles were arrested, along with seven adults,'for "masslJ picketing.

According to Harlingen Police Chief Guy Anderson,one of the six juveniles was "an alien,illegally in thecountry" and would be turned over to the U. S, BorderPatrol.

Attorney David Hall stated that the" juvenile alien"was 45 years old and has voluntarily turned hf.!rself in.The arrested parties were released on their ownrecognizance.

Antonio Orendain, head ?f the Texas UFWA, wasamong those arrested. He sa1d that Valu- Mart attemptedto demonstrate its solidarity with the Chicanos. "Whendetective Crispin Trevino arrived the store officialspatted him on the back and said the police were doinga fine job." Orendain compared the police to the TexasRangers as strike breakers.

The largest and most important Union in Britainhas resolved to continue, its support of the FarmWorkers. the Executive Council of the Transport'and General Workers Union stated that they would"give practical support to the California grape workersat the present time." Donna Haber is the boycottpromoter in England.

ENGLAND

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GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

The first action in support of UFWA is to beginpiGketing A&P stores in the area. The Friends ofthe Farm Workers and the Greensboro Peace Centerare jointly appealing to residents and shoppers toboycott lettuce, and to persuade A & P to honor lastyear's agreement with UFWA, to support the lettuceboycott. . The boycott committee charges that A&P has"frequently taken advantage of consumers by displayingthe UFW symbol, over non-union iceberg lettuce."

BOYCOTTGOES

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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE

The largest food store chain inJackson, "Food Centerand Jitney Jungle," capitulated after one mo~th ofpicketing from boycotters. Rich Abraham, coordInatorfor UFWA, organized a support group who have com­mitted themselves to follow through down South. Afterfour weeks of picketing the Chain agreed to sellUFW InterHarvest lettuce ONLY, in their 35 storesin the area...The Support Group has infomred the storesthat they will "continue to boycott until they give in onthe grapes."

The Jackson Central Labor Union, repre1)enting Hinds,Copiah Madison, Leake, Attala, Rankin, Scott, Simpsinand Y~zoo. counties, adopted a resolution in supportof UFWA. The resolution states thatthe farm workers'struggle is one ofthe most important "against racial andeconomic discrimination in this country." It urged allits members to boycott non- UFW grapes and lettuce, and"to participate in all UFW support work in theircommunities."

Abraham stated a similar resolution was adoptedby the State Democratic Party at their convention inOctober.

All button collectors take note: the Nashville SupportCommittee received a donation of 1,000 buttons of theirown design from the State Central Labor Body. LynnS. Fitch, coordinator for the boycott in VanderbiltUniversity said that the Committee has also obtainedendorsements from the Young Democrats, the LatinAmerican Graduate Student Council, the GraduateStudent Council. the Young Socialist Alliance, and theVanderbilt Wives L~ub. The first picket line wasgeared at the Vandy A&P because "its there and itsells scab produce," says Lynne. Order your Nash­ville buttons from Lynn at 3805 Whitland Ave., Nash-Ville, 37235. .

The Vanderbilt students and faculty are lettingthe adminstration and cafeteria know of its boycottintentions with the following:

"VANDERBILT FOOD SERVICE: Today I did not buyany lettuce or grapes as I went through the cafeteria linf'!.This is not because I dislike lettuce or grapes; it isbecause I support UFWA, and their effort to'achievehuman dignity andsubstantial living conditions for farmlaborers. There is a national boycott on all non- UFWproducts and until this cafeteria complies with this boy­cott and' makes available UFW produce, I will notpurchase grapes or lettuce here."

TOLEDO, OHIO:-- JackPandol,Delano grower,daredthe UFW to find any case ofmis-labeling of his prduct.He wasn't counting on the in­flux of eagle- eyed boycotters,in the Mid-West.

Joey Ribio. UFWA organ­izer from California, foundPandol's scab grapes usingthe UFWA label.

SANTA MARIA, California; -­Although Giumarra will havenothing to do with UFWAon "paper" he has noqualms about trying to beatthe boycott by using the un­ion's label.

Paulino pacheco, area or­ganizer hit the sidewalk withan angry groupbearingblackeagled falgs, when he foundGiumarra's scab grapes inUnited Farm worker's cloth.

SAN FRANCISC0-- OnSatruday, November 10 atSafeway30th & Mission Sts. in San Francisco there was a picketline of 115 people made up of unions, clergy and strongsupporters.

Among the 115 were representatives of: Retail ClerksLocal 1100, LongshoremenLocallO, Typographical UnionLocal 21. Railway, Airline, Steamship & Clerks LodgeLocal 890, Delancy Street Organization, InternationalAssoc. of Machinists Lodge # 68, and Civil ServiceLocal 400. -. Amid shouts of "Boycott Safeway, Boycott Sears",the pickets at Safeway later showed their solidaritywith the strikers of the nearby Sears store beforedividing up to picket 5 more Safeway stores for therest of the day.

The two women in the backroom were wrapping produce(not lettuce) in plain trans­parent plastic, utilizing asmall machine on the coun­ter. After leaving the storeI asked an employee out­side if the store had anyextra lettuce cartons. Hesaid that the store did notthrow them out anymore.

On October 26, I, Mat­thew, returned to the Un­iversal and the store wasdisplaying a UFW emblemon their front door as wellas one above the lettuce.The sign on the front dooralso read "Farmworker'slettuce - 39~." The let­tuce was in plain wrappers.

"Boycott Safeway, Sears"

In other parts of thecountry the proof of suc­cess is cropping up.

sign reading "farmwork­er's lettuce- 3 for one dol­lar.as advertised."The lettuce was wrapped inplain transparent plastic. Iasked the store manager whythe UFW label was not on thewrappers. He told me thatthis was not always done andthen took us to a back roomand showed us two Inter­Harvest cartons full of let­tuce scraps. No other let­tuce boxes were visible.

On October 19, we re­turned to the Universal. Thetwo UFW signs were stillpresent: The letuuce wasstill in plain wrappers. Wewent to the trash pile out­side the store and found awooden banana crate over­flowing with lettuce scrapsand torn "BUD ANTLE Inc.1J

wrappers bearing the insig­nia of the Teamsters Union,Ms. Katherine DiGuilio tookthe enclosed photographs ofthat crate. We went backand asked to see their let­tuce cartons. We were tak­en to the same back roomand shown two UFW car­tons. They were in thesame place as the last twoI was shown, and they look­ed old, dry, and wrinkled. Iglanced into the next roomand saw a Bud Antle carton.Ms. DiGuilio went in andphotographed it, unobserved.

about proposed regula­tions," explaIned Harring­ton, "while at the same timeit nicely disregards all sug­gestions farm workers makeregarding piece-rate wages,reestablishing rie:hts ana pro­cedures to hear wage com­plaints."

Harrington -told' the pressthat "The current structurepermits growers in thecounty to sit as judge of thetruth and merit of a farmworker's complaint againsta fellow grower." By nostretch of the imagination,he said, can these growersbe expected. to act as im­partial judges.

Despite the boycott of thehearings, the UFW is mailinga copy of updated suggestionsto t,he USDA, along with theirreasons for the boycott.

ALAMO, Texas-- Each ye~r

the U.S. Department of Agn­culture (USDA) holds hear­ings here for the purpose ofestablishing pay rates for themigrant workers in the nor­thern sugar beet harvest.Every year farmworkers areinvited to participate in thehearings. And every yeartheir testimony and sug­gestions are completely ig­nored.

This year the Texasbranch of the UFW has de­cided to boycott the hearingswhich union lawyer Jim Har­rington called "a farse,masquerading under theguise of constititional dueprocess."

"Our participation allowsthe department to say to thepublic that farm laborerswere given a fair hearing

HARTFORD, CONN. The ef­fectiveness of the boycott ingrapes and lettuce is evidentin the tricks that grocersplay to keep the picket linesoff the sidewalks of the US.

George Sheridan, coor­dinator for the Grape &Let­tuce boycott in Connecticutdemanded an investigation bedone on two supermarkets,Finast and Universal forfraud and mislabeling.

In a letter to BarbaraDunn, Commissioner of theDepartment of ConsumerProtection, Sheridan indi­cated that Finast & Univer­sal are aware of the factthat non- UFWA produce willnot sell and they have beenfound to display the UFW un­ion label in their stores overnon-union produce.

Matthew Bates and Kathe­rine DiGuilio doing routinecheck on scab produce carneacross the following. Theirstatement follows:

"'In September we visitedthe Universal Supermarketin Storrs, Conn. Posted a­

.bove the iceburg lettuce ontheir shelves was the endflap of an InterHarvest let­tuce carton bearing the UFWemblem and a notice to theeffect that it was not to bedisplayed over anything butUFW produce. Next to thisend flap was a hand-written

Teamsters Union: a longhistory of union-busting collusion

Safeway makes a formal pub­lic announcement that it willnot cooperate in any way withthe farm workers' lettuceboycott.

1966

Safeway begins advertisingcampaign on behalf of Team­ster 'contracts' and Team­ster 'union' lettuce. Safe­way files $150 milliondamage suit against UFW andthe Interfaith Committee toAid Farm Workers.

On Sept. 9, UFWworkers atPerelli- Minetti ranch inDelano go on strike. Ninedays later Perelli- Minettisigns a sweetheart contractwith the Teamsters. In July,1967, Perelli- Minetti givesup the Teamster contract andsigns with UFW. Teamstersand UFW sign first juris­dictional agreement in whichTeamsters agree to respectthe right of field workersto build their own union.UFW agrees to honor Team­ster jurisdiction with res­pect to truckers, frozen foodplants, etc.

After a 9 month strike anda 3 month boycott led byCesar Chavez' UFW, Di

Georgio Corp. invites inthe Western Conference ofTea~sters in a final effortto maintain unchallengedpower over their workers.On August 30, farm workersdefeat the Teamster-growereffort by voting to be rep­resented by UFW.

1973

In December, Frank Fitsim­mons, Teamster President,crosses UFW picket line tomeet with the AmericanFarm Bureau Federation inLos Angeles. The next dayhe announces that the Team­sters will renegotiate con­tracts with the lettuceindustry.

1972

1970

/963

/966

Teamster Local 890 official,Bud Kenyon, comes out pUb­lically for extension of thebracero program for anotherfive years. Teamsters loanBud Antle $1 million fromthe workers' pension fund.

not included. So, the Team­ster contract, whidhey nowclaim as 'historic' evidenceof concern for the farmworkers, covered only 50 of1,000 workers.

When the Groom TruckingCompany breaks off contractnegotiations with Teamsterlocals in Bakersfield andPetaluma, some workersform an independent union,United Craftsmen, The com­pany claims itself to be thevictim of a 'jurisdictionaldispute,' but the court rulesthat only the NLRB candecide that. Rather than sub­mit to that procedure, thecompany and the Teamstersresume negotiations to aconclusion favorable to theTeamsters.

Dave Beck loans $4 millionto Freuhauf Trailer Com­pany which puts up stock ascollateral--a powerful bal'­gaining toni for the feam­sters later on.

Teamsters refuse to sign tl,pno-raiding pact oftheAmeican Federation of Labo.

/95/

1961

Agricultural Workers Or­ganizing Committee, AFL­CIO, organize lettuce work­ers and lead a strike inImperial and Salinas Val­leys. Bud Antle Co. signswith the Teamsters. But90% of Antle's field workers.are Mexican braceros andthe contract excludes bra­ceros from protection.Hourly workers (hoers, thin­ners and irril?;ators) are also

1954

contracts, brings EinarMohn into the negotiations,He arranges for the Team­sters to break the strike,not only by trucking in goods,but also by actually cl~rkingl

in the stores.

1954

1954

1954

Bud Antle and Bruce Churchacquire nine vacuum coolingplants, primarily to ridthemselves of unionizedPackinghouse Workers infavor of packing in the fieldsby unorganized, lower­waged workers.

The Teamsters attempt tomove in against the ware­house union of the Inter­national Longshoremen andWarehousemen Union. Theygo so far as to set up anew 'front' local, eventhough they already have awarehouse union of Team­sters in the field. Whenthe Teamsters set up picketlines at the Purity ware­house, there is a bloodybattle and finally a courtinjunction prohibiting theTeamsters' picketing.

The Retail Clerks are fight­ing for recognition with theKahn's and Hastings' depart­ment stores in oakland.P~ul St. Sure asks DaveBeck to send in Einar Mohn.He orders the Teamsters totruck goods through thepicket lines,. which actioneffectively breaks the gen­eral strike.

1938

The Teamsters scab in astrike by the Aero Mechanicsunion against Boeing Air­plane Company in Seattle.This action, led by DaveBeck, causes the strike tobe called off. But eventuallythe Aero Mechanics arerecognized as exclusive bar­gaining agent.

/949

/946

/948

/945

Einar Mohn is sent to LosAngeles by Dave Beck inresponse to a request bythe dairy owners. He arran­ges a contract for TeamsterLocal 93, even though therewas a CIO dairy workers'union trying to organize theplants. St. Sure, speaking forthe employers, says: 'TheTeamsters were the lesserof two evils.' The Milk.Products Industries hire astheir labor relations liason,Herschel J ones, who fiad for­merly been a research manfor the Teamsters.

East Bay Retail ClerksLocals 870 and 1179 opennegotiations with Food LaborRelations Council for con­tract renewal. Safeway,which demands that storemanagers be left out of the

With the Food, Tobacco andAgricultural Workers unionthreatening to organize can­nery workers, the employ­ers' group calls in the Team­sters. An October NLRBelection, which is won bythe FTA, is set aside asthe Teamsters go' ahead andsign contracts in February,1946, wage a campaign ofworker intimidation, thenwin a second election inAugust, 1946.

Einar Mohn succeeds inunioniZing Fresno area dairyworkers, including those atLucerne (Safeway's housebrand.) Mohn later saysof the action: 'I would givea lot of credit to st. Sure:who helped pull together andrepresent· the Milk ProductsManufacturing Association.

In July, Retail Clerks Local47 of oakland strike theWhitthorne and Swan depart­ment store. The effort toorganize on the basis ofsingle crafts within thestore, supported by fourteenother unions, is defeatedwhen Dave Beck, at therequest of Paul St. Sure,directs his Teamsters tocross the picket lines.

The International Long­shoremen's Association andthe Teamsters get into ajurisdictional dispute overinland warehouse workers.J.R. Robertson, ILA spokes­man, charges Dave Beck withraiding dock workers in theNorthwest, saying: 'TheTeamsters never step intothe picture until thp menhave been organized (bysomeone else.)' Beck res­ponds: 'We can clean Com­munism in any kind of fight• • • If we have to go outin the arena and use phy­sical force, we can!

The Agricultural WorkersUnion strikes canneries inthe Stockton area. The Cali­fornia Processors andGrowers, led by J, PaulSt. Sure, invite' the Team­sters to come in. The StateFederation of Labor revokesthe charters of existing can­nery locals and all strikesare effectively broken.

1937

1937

/937

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/937

A graduated tax on chainstores is narrowly defeatedby initiative ballot whenSafeway agrees to signa union shop contract withthe Teamsters in return forvigorous opposition to thetaxBoone's Farm

SpanadaTyroliaRippleAndre

Gallo

Boycotts have been anessential part of pastfarmworker victories.

To help protectfarmworkers

rights

DON'TBUY

THESELABELS.

Red Mountain*Also, any wine which says "Modesto,California" on the label is Gallo. Gallo doesnot appear 01:1 all labels. Gallo is the onlywine company with headquarters in Modesto.

FranziaTable VermouthDessert Lou is the FifthSparkling Private labels* Also, any wine which says, "made andbottled in Rippon, California." All Franliaproducts have #BW3654 on the label.

GuildWinemaster's Guild Old San FrancIscoTres Grand Parrot V.S.Cooks Imperial Director's Choicerlama Reserve GuildCribari Reserve TavalaJeanne d'Arc MendocinoLa Boheme Famiglia CribariCeremony GarrettVersailles AltaCresta Blanca C.V.c.Saratoga Virginia DareJ. Pierat LodiGui Id Blue Ribbon La MesaRoma .Ocean Spray Cranberry RoseSt. Mark Vin Clogg (Parrot & Co.)

Citation

GalloPaisanoThunderbirdCarlo Ro~i

Eden Roc

BOYCOTT

6 EL MALCRIADO November 30, 1973

Mont La Salle.

GambarelliDavitto

MargoGreystone

CellaParma

Vai Bros.Betsy Ross

Italian Swiss ColonyGambolaBeaulieu

Novitiate

Paul Masson

Le BomaineAlmaden

BUY

Paul Masson

Christian Brothers

SUPPORT THEFARMWORKERS

Novitiate of Los GatosChristian Brothers

Almaden

Italian Swiss ColonyAnnie Green SpringsBali HaiZappleSangroleInglenookLejonPetriSanta FeMission BellJacques Bonet

see page two wholesale, bulk only

benifets." . labor contraccor system hasThe Umted Farm Work- been revived by Gallo. The

,ers and supporters quickly Teamsters contract el­responded to the Gallo tac- iminates crucial health andtics by writing an open letter safety precautions."to the people of Livingston. The UFW pickets havein which they explained.,. found support except for" Gallo pays lower wages Robbins Liquo:s. The three

than other wineries ,with remaining stores have eitherUFW contracts.:supposea removed the scab wine orunion security and job promised to not restockseniority are non-existent -Soon Mr. Gallo will have t~The UFW hiring hall is el- drive far away to buy a bottleiminated and the notorious of his winet

no labels, wholesale, bulk only

Perelli-Minetti

Vie Del

American, the other minor­ities and women of theirrig-hts••••"

Two other Chicano unionorganiiers, Serafino An­chonda and Deonicio Acunahad been visiting union plantsexplaining workers rightsand passing out copies of theunion contract.

Grievances by Mexican-American soared in thefirst six months from six/in the months of 197]" to 106in the next eight months whenAcuna. and Anchonda werevisiting the plants. Grie­vances among women jumpedfrom zero to 136.

When union officials re­fused to process all but sixof the grievances. Acuna andAnchonda took them all tothe Equal Employment Op;.portunity CO.!Jlmission.

Gram! ordered the twoorganizers to " get off theChicano bit, .. quit meetingwith Chicanos, and to stopgiving them copies of theunion ·~ontract. When theyrefused to give up their act­ivites, Acuna and Anchondowere fired.

Acuna, Anchondo, Ms.Corolla and her husbandFrank are now waitinga court decision on a $200.000 damage suit they filedagainst the Teamster's union

and Franzia wines from theirshelves. During one weekof October the active UFWboycotters convinced a totalof 35 store owners to bringth~ scab wines down.

Many of those arrested inSan Francisco on Nov. 3and those who continue theboycott are farm workersfrom Livingston, Calif- 17families in all. But the boy­cott activity has not dimmedin Livingston either as picketlines have formed around thefour stores who carriedGallo wines.

The picket report thatGallo printed up propagandaleaflets that were given tobe distributed" This samestore. Robbins Liquors, ranan ad in the LivingstonChronicle, apparently alsoas a front for Gallo, thatread: "The Pickets whoappear in front of our storedo not constitute a strike ofGallo employees•••• The ma­jority of Gallo's farmworkers signed petitions thatthey wanted to be represent­ed by the Teamsters Union."

"Workers for the' GalloWine Company are paid thehighest wages of ANY farmworkers in the entire nation.and have the best fringe

"It is disrespectful forSpanish speaking persons tobe speaking a foreign lang­uage in the (union) businessoffice in front~of those whocan't understand Spanish."

William Grami, directorof Teamster's Agriculturalworkers Organizing Com­mittee and chairman ofWestern Warehouse Indus­trial, Aerospace and AlliedClerical Workers Council ofthe Western Conference ofTeamsters.

MODESTO, Ca. --Severalweeks before he made theahove statement to an in­vestigator for the Equal Em­ployment Opportunity Com­mission, William Grami.then trustee of Teamstercannery local 748 in Modesto/had scolded Leonore Gonza­lez Corolla, Chicana unionsecretary, for speakingSpanish to Chicano and Mexi­can union members.

On April 7. 1972, Gramisent down a directive forbid­ding the use of the Spanishlanguage in the union office.Ms Corolla protested theorder and on Aug. 11 Gramidischarged her for insubor­dination.

The language problembecame an issue, explainedMs. Corolla, "when westarted informing Mexican-

Grami forb ids span ish

The boycott ofGallo wineshas gained ·momentumracross the nation. with picketline arrests inSan Franciscoand boycott victories in theheart of Gallo country.

On Saturday. November10 at Safeway. 30th andMission St. in San Franciscothere was picket line of 115people, made up of unions,clergy and strong sup­porters

Among the 115 were re­presentatives of 6local laborunions.

The picket line last about2 hours when the solidarityfrom the farm workers

struggle' 'moved to the Searsstrike by way of marchingfrom Safeway to Sears. Onthe way to Sears the sup­porters who lined up 2 by 2chanted: "BOYCarT SAFE­WAY, BOYCarT SEARS!"

The piCketers showedthat they were not afraid ofgoing to jail. On Nov. 3 theSan Francisco police ar­rested 17 Gallo boycotters atJudell's liquor store.

In spite of a vigoroussales effort by Gallosalesman, boycott organizerJuan Perez said that in SanFrancisco an average of tenstores a week removed Gallo

Restaurant ,Real Colima74 Porter uri vc

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COlllida netament!del estado de Col ima 'lIirri.l I.slilo Jalbco y COhill" '

Prop. - \'l,In~1 C..hero V.

eering charges, namelyforcing certain meat packersnot to use 'unapproved'loading and unloading firms.Court testimony reveals thatthe Pronto Co., which hasa Teamster contract, hiresmostly illegal aliens. andwas not required by the unionto pay any benefits to itsemployees.

Cont. on page 15

1973Five Teamster Local 626officials and two Vernon,California businessmen aresentenced on labor racket-

1973On March 19, the Teamstersannounce the signing of atwo-year contract with theNational Farm Labor Con­tractors Association. EinarMohn says: 'We don't likethe labor contracting systemeither, but as long as theyare around, it is far betterto have them under a unioncontract that to let themoperate nonunion.'

Jose Villasaez, Gallo striker, tells castomer whereto shop. Photo Gayanne Fietinghoff

labor plucks Gallo

Sanger Boycotters reduce sales at ZIP N GO.Photo. Federico Flotte

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9November 30, 1973EL MALCRIADO

• •ting Ethics on the picketline to help those who "pro­vice us with fruits and veg­etables yet exist in condit­ions of unspeakable povertyand.hunger."

BOYCOTTGRAPES

EL MALCRIADO

-Cesar Chavez

8

Farm workers in New York City..

Building the new boycott

Speaking for the UnitedFarm Workers, attorneyGerry Cohen blasted thescapegoat attempt by saying,ItCampbells charges arefalse irresponsible and heprobably eats grapes."

Cohen said none of themoney reached the union dir­ectly and that the two unionofficials who handled themoney ($52,000) DoloresHuerta and Richard Chavez,were "very careful aboutusing it for proper pur­poses." The funds were usedin a voter registration drivewithin the Chicano commun­ity by the group El Pueblocon McGovern.

UFW HIT CAMPBELLCHARGES

Campbeil whether he isaware that UFW PresidentCesar Chavez is an advocateof nonviolence.

ItI don't know specifical­ly what he advocates,"Campbell replied.

"Well have you ever seenviolence on a UFW picketline?" Montoya asked.

"Seen? NO; heard aboutit? Yes," Campbell replied.

of the Civil Rights Act of1964 in its hiring and pro­motional practices.

The chain has also beencharged with being a "MaleChauvinist' Pig" in its sex­ist discrimination againstwomen in hiring, wages, pro­motion, seniority, layoffand bargaining practices.

ether charges included thesale of infected. fish; im­proper use of containers ofpoultry products, violationof West Virginia's anti-lot­tery laws, conspiracy to con­trol meat prices in Cali­fornia and Colorado, andprice-fiXing in Chicago.

The charges and evidencespeak for themselves. Re­sponsible persons and or­ganizations across the na­tion are tired of A&P's ir­responsibility. Joseph Bin­der of Bohack chain storessays, A&P doesn't know tohow to run a business soit decided to run everyoneelse out of business usingits gigantic financial andmarketing muscle, plus a$100 million war chest ofcash 'and marketing securi­ties!'

campbeU"S attaCk backllred.

strategy of creating'disturb­ances at Republican rallieswith demonstrators "mas­querading" as political op­ponents.

Then Sen. J osph MontoyaDemocrat from New Mexicosuggested that the Fresnodisturbance could have beenfomented by growers inter­ested in generating publicsupport for Proposition 22.

Campbell conceaedtothe sen­ators that he could not ex­clude these possibilities.

Montoya went on to ask

sing prices during "check"and "food stamp" time. A&Prebutted the charge with:"The possiblities of humanerror on our part are great."

Customer complaints of"poor quality and high pri­ces" in East Harlem wereverified by RepresentativeBenjamin Rosenthal and Og­den Reid of New York. AConsumer Action Programreported prices were 28%higher than its competitorsin a survey of 20 brand namestaples. And the NassauCounty Office of .consumeraffairs complaind of mis­labelling of cuts of meat.

Operation Breadbasket in­itiated a boycott of A&Pin 20 cities across the na­tion to end the exploitation

of black communities. SaidRev. Jessie L.Jackson: "Wewant A&P to cultivate ourskills the way they cultivateour appetites." These char­ges of racism and exploita­tion were documented whenthe NAACP and the New YorkHuman Rights Commissioncharged A&P with violation

WASHINGTON,D.C.- An ef­fort by Republicans to usethe United Farm Workersas scapegoats for the pre­backfired on them.

Fresno County Republi­can Chairmar. TrumanCampbell testified before theSenate watergate Committeethat demonstrators carryingUFW signs broke up a 1972GOP rally in Fresno. Hefurther testified that his ac­tion was the result of theUFW receiving financialsupport from Sen. Georl1:eMcGovern's presidentialcampaign.

But under closer ques­tioning these accusationsproved to be without found­ation, just lies and slanderin a continuing Republicanbattle to destroy the UFW.Campbell was forced to ack­nowledge that there was noevidence to support hischarges that money was pro­vided for disrupters or thatthe hecklers were actuallyUFW members.

Majority counsel SamuelDashreminded Campbell thatthe testimony of convictedaides Halderman and Seg­retti points to just the oppos­ite case: a Nixon campaign

United Farm Workers:

Watergate scapegoatfo'r Republicans

A&P tactics under fire

Consumerism is A&P'sreatest enemy. The chainhas been charged with fraudby welfare recipients ofr i-

The United Farm Workersof America is charging thatA&P stores are promotingpoverty by selling scab pro­duce. Itpresently purchases4 mUllon heads of lettuceeach week. And along withthe other giant store chains(Saleway, Schnucks and 0­

thers) it is using the courtsto strip farm workers of theuse of the important secon­dary boycott.

The Great Atlantic & Pa­cific Tea Company wasfounded in 1859 and by 1925was operating 14,000 storeswith sales of $400 million.

Legal battles are not newto A&P. Selling manufac­turers products below sug­gested price, discounts, re­ceiving allowances, rebates,and fees from manufactur­ers and producers are allstandard practices for A&P.In 1949 it was fined $175thousand for violation of theSherman anti-trust act.

With the Thanksgivingand Christmas holidayscoming soon, Dolores Huertasays, the union will besays, the unil will bemaking an extra effort to stopgrapes sales and lettucesales, since these foodsusually sell at a high rateat this time. The mostrecently deveioped idea, shesays, is to place "humanbillboards" with huge signsat the bridges and tunnelswhere thousands of com­muters enter New Yorkevery day.

On the picket line, thefarm workers and their sup­porters continue their work."We picketed all summer inCoachella and Delano," saysone. We know what it meansto have patience. Nobodyexpects this to be easy, orquick." It is almost dark,and the temperature hasdropped to near-freezing."But we know it can be done"But we know it can be done"he says, with a smile.

ginning to build the new boy­cott."

HOLIDAY EFFORT

That day, the Manhattanoffice reported that allShop­Rites in Manhattan hadagreed to remove the grapesand non-UFWA lettuce fromtheir shelves.

At the OCean AvenueShop-Rite in Brooklyn, shop­pers come and go. Someturn away when they seethe signs or receive a leafletothers continue into the store"A lot of people stop andtalk because they are in otherunions 1 " says one striker."I'm glad that my Englishis getting better so I can saywhat I want to them."

A young woman with twochildren approaches thepicket line. "Don't worry,she says, .. I won't buyany grapes or lettuce."

The striker explains toher that the point is to hurtthe overall sales ofthe storeas a means of coercing themto remove the scab rpoduce."Just not buying the lettuceor grapes doesn't put enougheconomic pressure on thestores. We have to cleanout the store completely, ifwe really want to hurt thegrowers.

SHOP-RITE FALLS

The farm workers atShop-Rite are among eightyfamilies of strikers fromCalifornia who now live inthe New York City - NewJersey area. Every daythey join local union sup­porters on picket lines atsupermarket chains whichcarry grapes and non- UFWAlettuce.

These families live inlocal churches or in housingprovided by these churches,receiving $5 a week perperson, plus food and expen­ses. In addition to picketingthey speak frequently tolabor and church groups andto community organizationsabout the UFWA and its fightto win contracts with agri­business corporations wherethey work.

"It's cold in New Yorkand really far from mynome," says a young womanfrom Delano whoispicketingthe Shop-Rite. "I came hereat first with my husband be­cause he was a striker butafter picketing the storesa lot I feel like its myfight too. We have to putup with a lot of strangethings here, but· it's worthit to get those contractsback."

there seemed a chance theagreement would be signed.But now we will step it upagain. Besides, it's thegrowers that we have to hit-­they invited the Teamstersin and they can kick themout.

INCREASED STREGTH

In the first grape boycottof 1967-1970, Dolores Huertaexplains, the union was onlyable to send fifty farm work­ers on a one-month tour ofthe country and to placeonly a few in some citieson a permanent basis.

"Now we have more than600 in more than 30 cities,and if we had the moneywe could easily place 500more. In New York we haveeight district offices and weare reaching much furthernorth than before, up toRockland and WestchesterCounty." she said.

"It's all a measure ofthe increased strength ofthe union," Ms. Huerta con­tinues, "the greater ex­erience of its members andwider support. But' alsothe opposition seems strong­er too, or greedier. Rightnow we're just really be-

November 30, 1973

MISLED SUPPCRTERS

Martinez says that hethinks the growers and theTeamsters misled someUFWA supporters into be­lieving that the agreement,even though not signed,meant the end of the entireconflict between farm work­ers and farm corporations.

This was especially true,he says, because the UFWAreportedly agreed to give upits lettuce boycott in returnfor the immediate or event­ual renunciation of its let­tuce contracts.

In an interview that day,UFWA First Executive Vice­President and New York Boy­cott Director Dolores Huertaexplained, "We did curtailthe lettuce boycott while10 EL MALCRIADO

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.-­In the store's window be­hind the people, a largeprinted sign reads, "TOOUR CUSTOMERS: IT IS

TO PURCHASE AND SELLGRAPES GROWN, PICKEDAND PACKED BY· UNIONLABOR. SHOP-RITE DOESNOT HAVE THE RIGHT TOMAKE A DETERMINATIONAS TO WHICH UNION RE­PRESENTS THE GRAPEWORKERS,"

At the entrance to theparking lot Luis Martinez,a farm worker' from IndioCalifornia, offers leaflets tomotorists. He wears a largesign which says, "DON'TBUY LETTUCE. SUPPORTTHE UNITED FARM WORK­ERS UNION. DON'T BUY ATSHOP-RITE."

He laughs in the cold."They don't tell you thatthe 'Union' they are talk­ing about is the TeamstersUnion,'" he says. "Theywant you to think they areneutral, but they know andwe know that they aren't.The best weapon they haveis to try and confuse theissues."

Only a few days before,Teamster president FrankFitzsimmons had announcedthe official death of report­ed agreement between hisunion and the United FarmWorkers, in which the Team­sters agreedo withdravlroma series of contracts sign­ed last spring with Calif­ornia grape and lettucegrowers and wine makers.Thousands of farm workersincluding Luis Martinez,went on strike against these"sweetheart.. contracts.

day uprising where thirteenpeople were killed and 50wounded.

In Pittsburg, the workersalso struck and violence wasreported. The militia againproved friendly and 1,000troops were sent from Phil­adelphia. 20 persons werEkilled and 29 wounded. ThEstrike spread from Altoonato the mining districts OlNew York, and on to thEWest Coast.

The uprisings revealed thlhatred which immigranworking people, especiallthe Irish, felt toward th\rail barons.

The strike was eventuall:crushed, however, aneleaders were blacklisted andhounded from their jobs fOIyears. But the morale of thEworkingman nourished, tak­ing form in a new growth o.labor parties.

promptly replaced. The"trouble" spread. In Mar­tinSburg, '¥est Va., firemenabandoned their trains. Theleaders were arrested, butsupport from an increasingsupportive crowd forced therelease of the men. Themilitia was called in, but

were sympathetic tothe stri­kers.

The supporting towns-people eventually took overMartinsburg. The wives of·the firemen made headlinesby remaining firm in theirdeclaration: "Better tostarve outright, than to dieby slow starvation."

Keyser, Grafton, Wheelingand workers from the Chesa-

. peake & Ohio Canal joinedthe strikers. The strikespread to Cumberland andNewark, Ohio. Ten peoplewere shot in Camden sta­tion which started a three-

Troops used to crush ra ilroad strikes

In 1877 Pennsylvania rail­roads cut employee's payby 10%-- this at a timewhen rail workers worked15-18 hours daily, and fre­quently were not paid atall. Their families livedin shanties along the tracks•

A secret Trainmen's U­nion was organized, led byRobert H. Ammon, a youngbrakeman. The movementspread in weeks to the Bal­timore & Ohio (B&O), theErie, and the- Atlantic &Great Western. B&O fol­lowed with the 10% cllt inwages, which reduced theweekly salary to $5.00. Outof this the men were expec­ted to support a family andpay living expenses whileon the job.

With the announcement ofthe wage cut, 40 firemenrefused to work and were

While the men were en­during the cold cement floorand lack of any decent ven­tilation. the women were go­ing through the booking pro­cess which ended early intothe next morning. Both menand women were treated withdisrespect. However, one ofthe more brutal incidents ofneglect occured in the earlymorning hours.

According to the Decla­ration prepared by the wo­men, "When the women werecalled out for the mattres­ses, Hortencia Rangel triedto leave, but the door closedand her hand got caught. Itseemed a deliberate act tous because not everyone hadyet received a mattress, sowhy did she close the door?

"We all had to yell out

Union Legal Aide De­borah A. Vollmer, who wasresponsible for collectingdeclarations from those ar­rested, pointed to the insen­sitivity of the Delano jailers,

Diana Sue Good, a jailedboycotter, stated that, "Theworst thing about the jailin Delano was being lied to.They told us that we wouldhave dinner when we arrived.We did not."

'Delano 29' charge brutaltreatment in jailings

she said, "observed that pri- for several minutes beforesoners who wore eyeglasses the door opened again. Herhad them taken away at the hand seemed badly hurt. Thejail in Delano. This, some matron finally called herprisoners told me, was the out"cause of severe headaches." Although the guards

placed Ms. Rangel in a "cellBut this brief stay at without bars" to compensate

the Delano City Jail was only for her bruised hand, theythe beginning of a failed to contact a doctorrougher journey. Later in unti~ the following day. Thethe evening, the boycotters women's statement describ­were transported to the Kern women's statement describ­County Jail in a police van es her departure to the hos­packed to over capacity: pital: If••••she was finally"five people stood, while taken to the hospital withten sat on other's laps." tight handcufPs around her

Upon their arrival at the hurt wrist, which made herkern County Jail, the men arm well up. X-ray showedwere herded into a drunktank which was extremely that her hand was not broken,

so she was taken back tocold. They had their shoes the tank•••and never receivedand socks taken from them, any treatment. At the timeexposing bare feet to an of this writing, her hand stillice-like cement floor. hurts."

These are only a few ex­amples of the kind of treat­ment meted out to the "De­lano 29" This treatment,they were told by a sheriff'sdeputy is reserved soley forfarm workers.

The declaration signed bythe men summed up the feel­ings of the "Delano 29:""During these past four daysthe question that was con­stantly on our minds waswhat happened to the con­stitutional right of everyAmerican to remain innocentuntil proven guilty? Is thisRight, in reality, given toevery person, regardless oftheir standing in society?"

Can the Mayor FrankHerrera and the other mem­bers of Delano City Councilanswer this question? No.They're "impartial,""

On November 5, mem­bers and volunteers of theUnion attended the regularmeeting of th~ Delano CityCouncil to protest the jail­ings of 29 boycotters for al­legedly violating a court or­der that restricts picket act­ivity in front of Safewaystores.

At the meeting, Unionmembers and volunteerswere informed that the CityCouncil was completely"impartial", that the jail­ings were necessary to en­force the law.

Yet, beyond the clusteredcouncil chambers is the De­lano City and Kern CountyJ ails. It was there thatthe "Delano 29" was sup­posed to receive "impartialtreatment." However, thestatements of the twelve menand seventeen women, upontheir release, indicates thatthey were not treated well atall.

According to a Decla­ration issued by the men\•••our treatment was unfit forconvicted criminals, muchless citizens awaitingtrial."

Hearts in Agba yani Village say volunteers

MARIE BACANI: r AMADO DAVID: .."It is a need where Manongs "I come whenever I cancan go to." work on the village."

SHERRY VALPARAISO:" It makes us want to workharder together."

NANCY DESTEFANIS:"Quit my job... my heartis at the Agbayani Village."

~";~~~11~~..,RUSSELL VALPARAISO:" ••• an example of how peo­ple can work together."

BOBBIE SAMSON:"It is something reaL. theMan6ngs will get together."

"Manong:·" the original Filipino that crossed the sea to work the fields of the US--.Forbidden to marry. he worked himself into old age. He is now, tired, retired and forgotteu.UFWA has given the Manongs hope of a 'family' environment in Agbayani Village;

Photo: Sebastian

EL MALCRIADO November 30, 1973 t:

ABOR NEWS

Cannery workers boot outTeamsters in vote"

Their crime: being born to outspoken working class.

pired August 1. They then residents. A spontaneousvoted to switch from the "sunrise service" was heldcompany- oriented SLU tothe in 35 degree weather on pUb­UMWA. The workers are lie propety near the mine atseeking a fair contract with 5 a. m. on Oct. 17. the daythe huge electric producer, after the jailings. Otis King,but Duke has refused to sign. a local preacher and veteran

The court, action did not coal miner, led some 150appear to dampen the spi- strike supporters in prayerrits of the Harlan County and singing.

Children,iwoinen,mincrsja·iled by court rulin

HARLAN COUNTY, Ken.-­Duke Power Co. won a courtruling oct. 16 resulting inwomen. small children andretired miners being jailedbehind bars in Harlan Countybecause they supported theUnited Mine Workers whoare on strike to win a con­tract there.

A local judge handed the 16supporters six- month jailsentences when they refusedto pay fines of $500 each.

The President of Duke'Power must not be much of ­a man .to let people sufferlike this,JJ-said Mrs. NannieRainey after her first nightin jail. "My husband Jerryand I were both arrested,so we had to bring our sevenyoung children in with us,and the only thing I, amcharged with is trying toprotect my husband's job.'"

The coal workers of theDuke' Power Co. have beenon strike since the SouthernLabor Union contract ex-

te, as an agribusiness giantall over the world, to amkea commitment to improve thelives of the workers and ofthe c,ommunities in whichthey operate."

The om in Crystal Citystresses that their union iscompletely independent, butthat they are actively seekingthe technical assistance andmoral support from brothersand sisters across the na­tion. One of the first to givethis assistance, Rich said,

was David Burciaga, Directorof Negotiations for the UnitedFarm Workers of America.

and (3) Neither.Two weeks later, the

Teamsters tired to make anearly getaway from a fightand asked to be removek,from the ballot in the plant.Their reason? "The lasttime the Teamsters entereda local election ballot theylost all but four of theirmembers, " said OUI Le­gal Counsel Paul Rich.

Paul Rich told El Mal­criado, "The Obreros U­nidos Independientes con­tract will be unique, for itwill not only contain wageand working conditions. butwill also require ()fDel Mon-

CRYSTAL CITY, Texas. -­The cannery workers of thissmall.dynamic town recentlybooted out the Teamsters andvoted in a union of their owncreation. Obreros Unidos In­dependientes (OUI). It wasanother victory for 'the peo­ple of Crystal City, who havealready won considerablepower in the political spherethrough the Raza Unida Party

In response to a petitionby the Del Monte canneryworkers, the National LaborRelations Board set an el­ection with the ballot read­ing (1) Obreros Inidos In­'dependientes (2) Teamsters

ILWU IN SHOWDOWN WITH- - ~ -

CORPORA TIONS

HI) OLULU, HAWAII--Caught in the vise of an economybeing manipulated delibefately for new and greaterprofits in cheaper countries, members of the Inter­national Longshoremen (ILWU) in Hawaii are risingto what they consider to be their greatest challenge

The corporate powers who have long controlledthe Hawaiian economy and exploited her workers arenow moving their operations to areas of Cheaperlabor, like the Philipines, Mexico and Thailand. IL WUworkers. forced with the immediate threat of unemploy­ment as the companies "phase 1I0wn" their operationson the islands, are mobiliZing the strength of theirentire Union to assure that displaced workers areprovided for. '

INDIANS RETURN TO ALCATRAZ

SANFRANCSICO--A group of America Indians re­turned to Alcatraz Island on Sunday, Nov. 13, to com­memorate their occupation of the former federalprison four years ago' Adam Nordwell, chairman ofthe United Bay Area Council of American IndianAffairs. proclaimed their action a victory for allpeople. The, island, intended for use as a spacemuseum before the Indian occupation, is now a partof the national park systems t.nd open to the public.

HOSPITAL STRIKE ENDS

NEW YORK--Hospital workers returned totheir jobs onNov. 13, after accepting a wage settlement which hadbeen scaled down by the Federal Cost of Living Coun­cil, thus ending a week-long walkout involving 48

hospitals and nursing homes in the city.Some 30,000 workers had left their jobs in demand for

a 7.5% weekly increase.The Federal Cost of Living Council refused the de­

mand and the workers were finally forced to accepta settlement of 6% wage increase or $9 a weekwhich ever is greater. ' ,

Despite the disagreeable settlement, Leon J. Davispresident of the 60, 000- member local claimed cer­tain clear victories: "We showed that you can'trun ho~pitals without people who carry bedpans, thepredomInantly black and Puerto Rican people•••Fromnow on, we'll have to be taken seriOUSly."

REAGAN DE FEA T

California voters rejected Ronald Reagan's taxproposal in the Nov. 6 elections by 54 to 46%. TheGovernor had turned the issue into a personal appealfor political support, and the proposition's defeatconsequently amounts to a personal setback for Reagan.

Many political observers in Sacramento see the el­ection results as reducing his chances to be the Repub­lican president nominee in 1976. John Burton said"this takes a lot of wind out of his Presidential sails."

SWEET VICTORY FOR STRIKERS

ALTOONA, 'Pa.-- after 28 weeks of active strikesand over seven years of campaigning for bargainingrights, the Bakery & Confectionery Workers havewon their first labor agreement with the Boyer CandyCo. The agreement will provide for wage increasesof 50 cents an hour over two years for the 190 strikingemployees, plus hospital, vacation and overtime bene­fits.

CORPORATE PROFITS 800M·

WASHINGTON-- A Business Week magazine has con­firmed earlier reports that after-tax profits of thelargest corporations continue to break records: a­bout 30% over last year's level.

EASTABUCHEEASTABUCHIE, Miss.-- 2000 black and white mem­bers of the Gulfcoast Pulpwood Association (GPA)in southern Alabama and Mississippi are still ona strike which began Sept. 8 against the pulp andpaper giants. Runaway inflation has eroded the gainswon by the GPA in its victorious strike in 1971. Thatwas the historic strike won by the united efforts ofblack and white workers in the very heart of KuKlux Klan terrifory.

H BOYCOTT COORS"Adolph Coors Company. They charge that Coorspays it's construction workers wages which are 20to 25 percent less than the prevailing rates in thearea, and that they do not hire craft journeymenThey urge, "Join our boycotf--Don't buy COORSBeer or Golden Choice Dog Food."

THRIFTY DRUG STORES STRUCKNearly 8,300 clerks and 1,200 pharmacists struck

Thrifty Drug stores in Southern California on Nov. 7~

dispute over wages An AFL-CIO Retail CLerks Unionofficial s1escribed the demands as "Wages, job'securityand pension." Nine union locals are involved.

The union is seeking to eliminate the differentialbetween workers hired before Oct. I, 1969, who havea base pay of $3.63 an hour and those hired since thatdate who earn 55 cents less. Management refused todo so on the basis of competition frorrnOlJurilorrstores.

12 EL MALCRIADO November 30, 1973

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Chorus

(Chorus)

Chorus

Wise David said he could not do it himself.Scab grapes lay rotting on the Safeway shelf.That's the lesson the Old Bible did tell,The bigger they were the harder they fell,From David to the Maccabees they did flee~

So will the Farmworkers win final victory.

(Chorus)

Chorus

(note: The song 'Money' was tiig in the 1950's andlater the Beatles recorded it. For the song to beeffective you really have to ROCK it.)

5) We know a man and his name is Dole,That guy can really play his role~

(Chorus)

Chorus:Si, se puedeYes, it is possibleSaid David to Goliath ten feet tall.'Bigger they are the harder they fall.'Down crashed Goliath goon club and all.

Wise David said he could not do it himselfScab grapes lay rotting on the Safeway shelf.Bad bunches of grapes. they were shaped like a crawl.'Cause scab workers don't know how to pick 'em at all.

3) Strikes are something that can be foughtBut what we can't stand is the Union's Boycott.

Chorus

4) We're so rich. that we can affordThe National Labor Relations Board.

END

Chorus:We got money, that's what we got

Tha.t's what we got, that's what we gotThat's what we got, oh yeah, that's what we got.

2) All of us growers, pay lots of cashTo get the job done by Peter Nash.

by the Long Beach Boycott

1) I'm a rich grower as you can seeThat's why I vote for the GOP.

S( sepue.deby Mark KeatsLos Angeles Boycott

Wise David said he could not do it himself.•Scab grapes lay rotting on the Safeway shelf~The people had answered the Farmworkers call,'Don't sell scab grapes or your sales will fall.'

Wise David said he could not do it himself.. Brave pickets and people won the fight~

Put teamster ginks and goons to flight.

Duet Fqr Elephant & Grower (tune:, Money)

Finding La Causa

Brothers & Sisters:I left my native land, 'Ar­

gentina, almost a year ago.In December of 1972, I mar­ried a medical student fromthe U. S. and after spending7 months in Colombia, wherehe had received a scholar­ship for research, we camehome. While I was in LatinAmerica, my life went oneway-- that of fighting for theliberation of Latin Americancommunities.

All my energies, idealsand inspiration were direc­ted on that one-way street.When I arrived in the U.s.I felt like a fish out of water.What could I do with myideals in a country whereone's ideals are not allowedand Which squashes anyideals such as mine.

Now, having contacted thelocal UFW office, and afterreviewing the latest copy ofthe Maleriado, I have mademy decfsion. Yes! Thestruggle is necessary. Iam again placing myselfat the dispositon of my La­tino borthers and sisters.I will once more join thatstruggle against the giganticexploiting imperialist, re­presented by our lovableUncle Sam. You mustfollowthrough to obtain that stan­dard of living that is dueevery working person.

Milca Vargas AaronsonRochester, N.Y.

';'\" 'i''' \._..__• _.__.__..__._ .

Leah RogneWinnipeg BoycottCanada

Anotht.Y

--El Malcriado.

It is persons like sisterDorothy Hicks who make itpossible for our Union tokeep going against the mostpowerful of enemies. Mayher example inspire all ofus to work hard and longuntil every farm worker istruly free.

porter of the United FarmWnrker!'i and gave help be­yond her job to the boycottoffice her'e. Physically un­able to picket, she would gointo a Safeway store andstand in front of the lettuceand discourage customersfrom buying, much to thediscomfort of the storemanager.

We thank Bill Bilbey forremembering Dorothy in thisway, and we hope perhapsEl Malcriado can give somerecognition to Dorothy'scontribution to our move­ment.Viva Dorothy! ..

Robert F. Kennedy MedicalPlanSirs:

I want to express my gra­titude for the time spenttaking care of my husbandduring his illness and foryour valued help. I havereceived the check for$2,000. that you sent me inOCtober.Again Thank You:Attentively:

Helping out

Tim Durkee,Forrestville, California

The Sonoma County Friendsof the Farmworkers willcontinue to distribute 100papers. Please send 90English and 10 Spanish edi­tions next time.

OUr boycott work is pro­ceeding with vigor. ThreeSafeway stores' are beingpicketed every Saturday. OnOctober 20., we concentratedour line on one Safeway inSanta Rosa then marchedacross town to another.Chanting 'boycott safeway'and 'si se puede' was highlyspirited in front of Safewayand at intersections alongthe march.Venceremos,

}reetings El Malcriado,Viva UFW!!!

This is $10.00 for Vol.VI, NO. 20, two bundles.

Through our info exchangehere and other info ex­changes reporting I havelearned of members helpingthe UFW in other areas.Minneapolis, Mino. againstRed Owl and East Coastbrothers 1lnli 'sters areboycotting A & ..' Stores.Other Anarchist groups arealso boycotting these samestores and the IWW (l:lter-national Workers of the Guadalupe Peralta de VargasWorld) or "'Wobblies" sup- Mexicali, B. C.port the UFW in the boycott.

WAP has a monthly news- 'letter of 14 pages in which Remember Dorothywe are running an articleor leaflet each month in-solidarity with the UFW. Editor, El Maleriado:Keep up the fight--peace, We have sent in a dona-love, life, liberty, tion from Bill Gilbey, Re-

, gina, Saskatchewan. ThisRed Warthan--WAP donation was made' in me­

mory of Dorothy Hicks, of­fice secretary of the Mani­toba Federation of Labour,who died July 31, 1973.

Dorothy had been in theForrestvi lie friend labour movement for 25

years, working for the Amal-gamated Clothing Workersbefore joining the Federationof Labour.

Dorothy was a strong sup-

Brothers and Sisters--Members of our local

chapter of the WoodstockAnarchist Party (WAP), aregetting behind the UFW here.

We are printing leafletson request from the localUFW office at cost of paper,ink, stencils.

We are also serving onthe picket line in front ofSafeway each week andsometimes other stores thatare selling' scab wine.

:;etting a hand

14 EL MALCRrADO November 30, 1973

Whereas: UFWA member­grape-workers are nowstriking the grape fields ofthe Coachella Valley againstthe back-door, sweetheartagreement between' theTeamster-Growers,' and

"Whereas: the Teamster'Top Brass' and the Growersare now engaged in union­busting and strikebreakingthru the employment of im­ported paid goons, gunmen,thugs & employer securityrifle police, and...."

"Whereas: the Teamstersare a non-representativeunion inregards to the grapeworkers of California, whonever asked them to be theircollective bargaining agent,since they were representedby Cesar Chavez's UFWA,and

the farm ~orkersafter a fiveyear grape strike and boycottby the sacrifices and toilof farm workers and millionsof supporters, and

Fraternally and sincerely,

Bob Hollowwa- old enoughbut not retired

Corona, California

IL aAlClIUO

PIibUcaclo ~Imeetltcomo 1. ¥OZ otkl_. de ..

l!Dloo Trabojacloroo Cam......AFL-CIO -·EI ...k:nado

P.O. Box 6l.IC_. California 93531·No hay subKrJpc&oaes. .

SeIo _ acepan .oUCItudc8 eo builDUn bulto de 50 .jeft$rlare.:

$5.00 ..._ por _1_.·Fa.. eta Jadicar .. ejemplar~. r~ en o.puol 0 _ iDpIs.

1973On April 15, the day afterthe UFW's three-year-oldcontracts with CoachellaValley grape growers ex­pire, the Teamstersannounce the signing of newfour- year contracts with fif­teen of the grape growers.

TEAMSTER HISTORY

1973

(continued from page 7\

1973On November 7, FrankFitzsimmons announces theTeamsters- will go back ontheir agreement of Septem­ber and honor their sweet­heart contracts with grapeand lettuce growers.

On September 28, in an a­greement with AFL-CIOpresent, the Teamsters a­gree to give up their grapecontracts and abandon tnelrlettuce contracts when theyexpire.

•••We of organized labor cle is double talk and out­thruQut this land are with right "fakery".you in this struggle. We Fitzsimmons told repor­know the Farm Workers will ters_••his union would 'keepwin in the end, the right to our moral as well as legalhave their own union of# by obligation' to the growers,and for Farm Workers. by complying with the

It will not be made easy Teamster contracts."it never was and never will Fitzsimmons knows in hisbe! Those of us who helped heart, if he -has one, thatbuild our indutrial unions those so-called II- moralin the early thirties and as well as legalobligations·'forties, faced the same to the growers. carne aboutopposition in those years via THE BACKDOOR. sweet-~r fellow-workers were heart agreements between

also shot and killed by hired the growers and Teamsters.gunmen, police and Quoting from the re­paid thug~ The workers of solution of May 1,1973, in athose years in the copper stop- work meeting of themines., smelters, auto facto- International Molders &ries, in oil. steel, rUbber, Allied Workers Union, AFL­etc., also knew they would CIO, Local 374, Coronawin in the end, and did. So Unit. (It was passed) by un-will the Farm Workers! animous votet· and was pre- ,.,It is my opinion that the

We respect and honor your sented to the Riverside Farm Workers support hasfaith and determination to County Central Labor Coun- doubled and re-doubled sincecarryon. Your struggle cit" in regular monthly May 1st of this year. Bymust become the struggle meeting and passed by an- harvest time here in River-of all the union members other unanimous vote. side County (Coachella) theand the people of this land. I quote in part: friends and supporters althe

It will truly then be a vic- Farm Workers thruout thetory for all the people, when "Whereas: The Teamsters land, should double and re­the Farm Workers contracts 'Top Brass' and the grapehave beel) restored to growers have conspired to double even their presentthe REAL Farm Workers. destroy the United Farm support due to the latestThe wealthy agri-business Workers of America, AFL- tricky-Dick type of (phonyowners will resist as long CIO. thru 'sweetheart' con- stateJTIents by Fitzsimmons.as they can. The boycott tract negotiations without the Mr Frank Fitzsimmonswill force their hand! knowledge or consent of the should go to church more

The tricky-Dick type grape workes.It and often and confess his sins.statement attributed to the Yes, against the lOWly-paidPresident of the Teamsters "Whereas: these UFWA con- field workers!Union, Frank Fitzsimmons, tracts were in effect for Never in my time do )in a recent newspaper ar!i- three years. and were won by recall any union in any strike_______________________ boycott or campaign re-

ceived the support of all thepeople in the labor move­ment. in the churches, amongthe youths and students- asthe Farm Workers have inthis struggle. Still, thereis room for more!

The Farm Workers news­paper EL MAL~IADO,

should be sold by each unionsteward or committee manor woman to our union bro­thers and sisters in themines, mills, factories, andother places of work.

Selling EL MALCRIADOshould be our obligation andduty of each issue published.

It should also be sold inthe colleges and churchesand to all the people of theland. We should not neglectthe Teamster drivers -- theytoo should agree that theFarm Workers should havea union of by and for FarmWorkers••••

MEL'O'GAMPO-

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O'Campo gets new job Letter hits FitzSANTA MARIA,California-- 109 from the crowd of_ 300Mel O,Campo. is ready to persons, ten persons were'T • k · f '~9.k:d ~u~e~~, aaf~~:ld~;p~~ kCln·toeTwdhnt:a~s:r'~T~'heWhGOubadeacalUmpee ric y-0Ick ake,ryby Stewart Olds, Inc., a com-pany owned by a branch of Ten." were associated withthe family of Judge Robert the United Farm Workers ofStewart of the Guadalupe America or El Comite Con­Justice Court. sejero de Educacion de

O'Campo who has_ had Guadalupe which was formedmany jobs as a front for to change the schools togrowers telling lies about meet the needs of thethe union and Chavez, will children.fit well into theStewartfam- As a result of the caseily ·enterprises. and a U.s. Civil Rights C01l1-

JUdge Stewart described mission hearing, a group ofthe Mexicans of Guadalupe parents obtained a tem­as "happy," and said the porary ff~straining ordermen bel. t their wives on which compels the distri~t tf!weekends because they had follow its own' rp.~lationsnothing else to do, in an and state law in disciplininginterview with the Santa Bar- children.bara News and Review a Prior to the court casesyear ago. and the commission hearing,

Stewart added that his the district teachers em­court had corrected this by ployed such disciplinaryfines and jail sentences. practices as taping child-

Santa Maria Chicanos say ren's mouths, tying childrenO'Campo sold out his people to chairs and other 'physicalwhen he agreed to talk tothe abuses.Guadalupe Parent Teacher Chicanos in Santa MariaClub about "The Truth Be- say. ·'Before you buy fromhind the Chicano Move- Stewart Olds, remember thatment," in March ~972. any sale, whether made by

As a result of his speech, aCampo or not, helps paywhich was never completed his salary. Consider wheth­because O'CampQ chose to er you want to support a manend it amid booing and jeer- who sells you out over .and.~ ~.w~u ..w... over again."

From the Pa,~ker;

Florida State Representa­tive Lewis Earle states thatthe Union's s.Ipport comesfrom 'cause- oriented ultra­liberal social bleedinghearts coming,led with somereally confused people octilecloth.'

From Arizona Farmer­Ranchman:

Ashort article, 'An Expen­sive Nuisance' has this tosay about us farm workersand supporters: 'Fraudslike Chavez and his lieuten­ants are a sore trial tosociety. but must be enduredin a demoeratic form ofgovernment. Some aremerely delujed ignoram'1S<lSwhIle others see themselvesas futurl'! rul.~rs i,l a total­itarian regime. The AFL­CIa suppurts them becauseof its ambition to controlthe nation's food s:Ipplies andthereby control the nationitself.

From the New York Times:In France the growers do

lili\1gs a lH~l~ j~ "erently.'Kintilla is a 19-year- oldstudent of architectur:e atUniversity College ofDublin.She is also olle of the moreattractive grape pL:~e-rs t:Iisseaso,~_ i:.~ 2:,-.. - , --I Monbolls-­-l,'l:l!, a 10:) a~r ~ estate andviaeprJ.'

Frellch grape growershire students to harvest thegrapes. Says one grower;'I would never do i~ anyother way. They are enthu­siastic, dependable, and fun.'

The going rate- is about $9per day plus meals whichis certainly much lower thanUFWA rates. However the.growers are said to be very Igenerous with their wine.

From Produce News:William J. KUhfuss, pres!­

dent of the Farm BureauFederation, had thi '> to sayof the success of the BostonGrape Boycott; 'They don'tban _ books i:l Boston anymore· -just California tablegrapes.•

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Official Voice tJf~ the United farm Workers

that you spend

We've nurtured it and watched it grow

built it with our blood and bone.

in this land resting in the grower's hands.

and we don't need no Einer Mohn*

There's so much power

Why should woman,

SOME UNTITLED THOUGHTS ON THEUNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA

by Diana Lyons, a farm worker

that every dollar

child,

All we need,

is what we earn.

All we ask

to tear it down and tell us "No"

or man

We've built a Union of our owll._

.e've lived our lives as rented slaves,

bend their backs to work the land

to fill your table everyday

but that's over now.

worked us into early graves

and go home hungry anyway?

is that you learn

can bUy some justice

BOYCarT GRAPES

in the end

if you BOYCarT LETTUCE

to make the world a better place.

Don't buy the stuff.

Don't disgrace us.

*A Teamster official active in Teamster efforts toundermine the _struggle of the United Farm Workersof America to organize California farm workers.;

16 EL MALCRIADO November 30, 1973