UFW President Arturo Rodriguez shakes hands with Bruce Church Inc. CEO Steve Taylor after BCI Contract is signed. For Release: May 29, 1996 11 am Wednesday, in Salinas HISTORIC CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY TO END BITTER 17-YEAR UFW-BRUCE CHURCH
UFW Signs Contract with BCI.
The Atlantic Monthly, 11/95: In The Strawberry Fields
Los Angeles Times: Why Growers Want Cesar Chavez to Do More Organizing
Why Growers Want Cesar Chavez to Do More Organizing Labor: Faced with company hocus-pocus and unsympathetic regulators, the union leader has revived an old, successful tactic–the grape boycott. November 03, 1991|Marc Grossman, Marc Grossman, a media consultant, was press
Los Angeles Times: Cesar Chavez is celebrated in Los Angeles
Why Growers Want Cesar Chavez to Do More Organizing Labor: Faced with company hocus-pocus and unsympathetic regulators, the union leader has revived an old, successful tactic–the grape boycott. November 03, 1991|Marc Grossman, Marc Grossman, a media consultant, was press
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VIDEO: Cesar Chavez explains the success of the UFW boycott. (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard: 1990), 3 min.
VIDEO: Legislation Does Not Create Social Change (4+ minutes): Cesar Chavez explains why legislation cannot create social change. (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard: 1990)
Pesticides Kill Farmworkers (11+/- minutes): Cesar Chavez explains the impact ofthe useof pesticides on farmworkers and consumers. (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard: 1990)
Cesar Chavez Movie opens March 28th: Flood the theaters opening weekend
Cesar Chavez Movie opens March 28th: Flood the theaters opening weekend! Text written by Marc Grossman on the importance of turning out acrowd on opening weekend Graphic for "Create a meet-up to see Cesar Chavez movie opening weekend."
AUDIO: ‘Take Our Jobs’ Campaign Launch
VIDEO: The March to Sacramento (4+ minutes): In March 1966, the striking Delano farmworkers undertook a 300 mile march to Sacramento, the state’s capitol, to promote their cause. The theme of the march was: pilgrimage, penitence, and revolution.
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VIDEO: Coretta Scott King (2+ minutes): Coretta Scott King visits Cesar Chavez and speaks to Arizona farmworkers at the evening Mass at St. Rita Center. (Video clip: 1972 documentary film, SI SE PUEDE)
Historic Permanent Heat Regulation Issued
VICTORY: The UFW won a major victory Thursday when California issued the first permanent heat regulation in the nation protecting farm workers and other outdoor laborers.
Boycott Krug-Mondavi Wines–Click to visit official campaign page
Boycott Charles Krug-Mondavi wines! Read the latest press releases, news clips, campaign chronology, workers’ stories and see the list of wine labels and send your e-mail supporting the boycott.
CA Residents: Please Vote on June 6
Click here to see UFW Endorsements. As Cesar Chavez said: "When you have people together who believe in something very strongly…things happen." Make things happen. Vote!
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AUDIO: Cesar Chavez Commonwealth Club Address (full speech)
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The Latest News: EPA Drops Plan to Approve Pesticide
L.A. Times: The EPA received about 13,000 such letters, mostly in campaigns led by environmental groups and the United Farm Workers. "Rural communities have repeatedly been poisoned by existing fumigants," UFW letters said. "It is time to move to much
Cesar Chavez & Robert Kennedy, in Delano on March 10, 1968
Cesar Chavez & Robert Kennedy in Delano on March 10, 1968 It was the hungry winter of 1968, two and a half years into a bitter United Farm Workers strike against Delano-area table grape growers. For 100 years, farm