DINNER COMMITTEE

Sigmund ArywitzBishop Juan ArzubeCongresswoman Yvonne Braithwaite BurkeRev. Priscilla ChaplinSam CordovaCongressman James CormanSenator Alan CranstonSupervisor Ed EdelmanRabbi Meyer HellerMr. and Mrs. Norman LearSpeaker Leo T. McCarthyMr. and Mrs. Paul MazurskySr. Patricia Marie MulpetersPaul NewmanWilliam Piercy, Jr.Congressman Edward RoybalDr. Carl SegerhammarStanley K. SheinbaumJerry Whipple

MASTER OF CEREMONIESSteve Allen

SPONSORSAileen AdamsAssm. Richard AlatorreCongressman Glenn AndersonCharles F. ArminRalph ArriolaHal AshbyEdward AsnerRev. William H. AtwillArt AvilaDr. Wes BalbuenaHarmon R. BallinRabbi Leonard BeermanJeff BergCandice BergenMarilyn & Alan BergmanJack BlackburnThe Very Rev. John F. Blethan, O.S.A.Board of Rabbis of Southern CaliforniaPeter BonerzMr. & Mrs. William ChandlerDr. Karl J. ChristRev. Francis ColbornRev. George ColeRuth CompagnonLaura DeLacyRev. William L. DiamondJoan Didion and John DunneAss. Julian C. DixonDorothea and Oliver EggersRabbi Harry EssrigHenry FieringDave FishmanRev. Sean FlanaganMr. & Mrs. Henry FondaCharles FoxRabbi Allen FreehlingJoe GarciaLouis GarciaRev. Oliver Garver, Jr.Will GeerWilliam L. GilbertHenry Giler and Edith PollachDavid GilmoreM/M Roy Giordano

"Bishop Charles GoldenSyd GoldfarbLee GrantClarence GregoryGilbert GuzmanMr. & Mrs Richard HalseyRev. Paschal HardyRev. Ray HeerBuck HenryAl HernandezVic HocheeCharles HoganRector Luther O. IsonRabbi Sidney and Ms. Betty JacobsRev. Richard Jiru, SOBDr. James E."JonesJulian J. Keiser

Assm. Jim KeysorMeliss KellerRev. Thomas KilgoreLouis & Ruby KnowlesRev. J. M. Lawson, Jr.Jack LeckieMildred & Edward LewisDavid LizarragaRev. Amador Lopez, OMIHank LopezSamuel McNeal, Jr.Ray MendozaMr. & Mrs. Alex MiramonW. D. "Red" MitchellMax MontDr. Miguel MontesBarbara NardellaMarcia Nasatir

-Dr. Julian NavaGwen NewtonRev. Truman NorthupRev. Stanley OlsonSeniel OstrowJoan PalevskyMax PalevskyVina M. ParraRobert J. PetrisJim QuillinRobert RadnitzRabbi Sanford RaginsAssm. Leon D. RalphDavid RintelsSenator Alan RobbinsMr. & Mrs. Seymour RobinsonSenator David RobertiDr. Armando M. RodriguezJ. J. RodriguezRev. Juan RomeroAssm. Herschel RosenthalRichard RothRev. Stephen RyanCommissioner Joseph SanchezH. O'Niel ShanksManuel SierrasRev. John G. SimmonsTom SmothersM/M Michael StraeterAl TafoyaRaoul TeilhetMr. & Mrs. Hal E. TobinAssm. Art TorresRichard C. VasquezJeanne ValvoMr. & Mrs. Jon VoightRev. Frank Wagner, OMIDennis WeaverPaula WeinsteinMimi (Mrs. Bernie) WestFlorence M. WhiteAlfred K. Whitehead(Partial list)

Photo: Gayanne Fietinghoff

Photographed and Edited byGLEN PEARCY

Location Sound Recorded byCRESSON FRALEY

GAYANNE FIETINGHOFFDAVE SMITH

GLEN PEARCY

Editorial ConsultantROBERT DALVA

General ConsultantFRANKLIN GREER

Narration Written byGLEN PEARCY

PETER MATTHIESSENLUIS VALDEZ

Narration Spoken byLUIS VALDEZ

Sound MixingTODD BOEKELHEIDE

Still PhotographsBOB FITCHGEORGE BALLISRICK TEJADA·FLORESGLEN PEARCYEL MALeR/ADO

Additional FootageRICK TEJADA·FLORES

Production & Post-Production AssistanceKEN DOYLEROBERT NEWMANMICHAEL WADLEIGHSUSAN PEARCYKAREN OHMANSPUBLIC MEDIA CENTER

Color, Titles & Opticals byCONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES, Hollywood

Edited & Mixed atAMERICAN ZOETROPE, San Francisco

Pay stub of an undocumented worker inFresno County. The worker will never see anySocial Security. The labor contractor charlles$77.50 for bad food and unsanitary housIngand ded·ucts $20 for the cost of smugglingthe worker into the U.S. The total smugglingfee is usually $250-$400.

Thirteen years ago, in April, 1962, Cesar Chavez" Helenhis wife, and their eight children moved into a two­bedroom house on Kensington Street, Delano. At ap­proximately the same time, the AFL-CIO decided tostrengthen its drive to organize farm workers anddispatched fresh organizers to several locations in thestate. The California Migrant Ministry, now known asthe National Farm Worker Ministry, took the historicstep of placing staff in the fields along side unionorganizers. And, in the deep South, a campaign toliberate Black Americans was raging.

Between 1962 and September, 1965, the fledglingNational Farm Worker Association, formed by Cesarand a handful of determined organizers, grew to severalthousand members. A credit union, the first for migrantfarm workers, an automotive cooperative, a newspaper,service center, and death benefit insurance plan wereestablished... all without foundation or governmentgrants, depending solely upon the will of the farmworker union members for support.

But in that incredible September of 1965, four mightystreams - the NFWA, the religious, civil rights andlabor movements converged to support what is nowknown as the Great Delano Grape Strike.

Members of the predominantly Filippino AFL-CIO andthe Chicano NFWA formed a joint strike committeededicated to bringing the powerful table grape growersof California to the bargaining table. Their strike wasmet by sheriff's deputies at riot alert, dogs, privatepolice, guns, helicopter patrols, and of course strike­breakers recruited by labor contractors. The AmericanFarm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, John BirchSociety, and later the Nixon-Reagan Axis, joined handsin an alliance of Right-Might, determined to crush thefarm workers' movement. The United Auto Workers,International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen'sUnion, and other independent labor organizationsthrew their weight behind La Causa. And even then, thebattle, as in so many in the agricultural fields before,looked hopeless.

Then a new tactic was tried. In spite of those who said itwouldn't work, a consumer boycott of table grapes waslaunched. Student volunteers and farm workers literallyrode the rails and hitch hiked to distant cities to ask thepublic not to buy grapes. Through a sacrifice rarely ex­ceeded in the history of the American Labor Movement,workers from the lush vineyards fanned out across theentire world. Like a fist slowly closing, the grip ongrower profits tightened, until, in the summer of 1970,table grape growers from Coachella to Chowchillatrooped up to the bargaining table and made their peacewith the new farm workers union, now called UnitedFarm Workers, AFL-CIO.

Meanwhile, other skirmishes were fought and won:Gallo, Almaden, Christian Brothers, Novitiate, Fran­zia, Perelli-Minetti" Schenley, and Italian Swiss Colonyfelt the sting of the strike and boycott, fought back, andfinally signed contracts with the union. Thus, almost60,000 migrant farm workers covered by union con­tracts saw their labor respected, their wages raised from90 cents to $2.50 per hour, their health protected by amedical plan, and their lives lengthened by protectionsagainst deadly organo-phosphate pesticides in the fields.For a while it seemed that the dreadful statistic quotedby the U.S. Department of Labor, that farm workersenjoy a life expectancy of only 49 years, would be erasedand forgotten. Victorious and exhausted, farm workerorganizers returned to their homes to begin to enjoy thefruits of the long struggle. But barely before the ink wasdry on the grape contracts, signed in the summer of1970, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters an­nounced a campaign to wipe out the momentum of theUFW by signing contracts with all the lettuce growers inthe Salinas Valley. Outraged, UFW members in the let­tuce fields carried out the largest and most effectiveagricultural strike in the history of the United States.

In a matter of days, however, the picketing wasprohibited by the growers' traditional friends, themedieval-minded, black-robed rural judges. Un­daunted, the union pressed forward with a boycott ofhead lettuce, which continues to this day.

Meanwhile, labor peace settled over the vineyards. Eventhe hated labor contractors, with their man-slaughteringbuses, were driven from the fields and replaced byhiring halls. In 1972, just ten years after Cesar, Helenand family had moved to Delano, the number ofmigrant children graduating from high school had risen700070. Farm workers were settling down, participatingin local politics, and enjoying long-sought stability.

Then, on April 16, 1973, these table grape contracts ex­pired in Coachella Valley. The outlook was not good forrenewal. In fact, labor leaders, churchmen, and jour­nalists were appalled to hear of the incredible allianceannounced by Teamster International President, FrankFitzsimmons at the annual convention of the AmericanFarm Bureau. But there it was, out in the open, ablatant conspiracy between these two giants to destroythe United Farm Workers. In the face of appeals forreason from the National Conference of Bishops, thewedding took place. The Teamsters and the Growershoneymooned, and gave birth to a scrap of paper theynamed a contract.

Again, as in the lettuce dispute, the outraged farmworkers struck with all their might. Again, the courtscame to the defense of the agri-business Giants. Andthis time, in Kern County, the full force of the Sheriff'sDepartment was thrown into the battle on the side of theGrowers and Teamsters.

Over four thousand farm worker strikers were arrestedfor refusing to obey unconstitutional injunctions. Hun­dreds were gassed and beaten. Two were killed.

The Gallo Wine Company and the table grape growershave all signed contracts with the Teamster without per­mitting their workers the simple dignity of casting a votefor the union of their choice. Farm workers have beenrobbed of their union contracts and today are in slavery.They must pay dues to Frank Fitzsimmon's unionagainst their will, or be fired.

And so, Gallo, grape and lettuce strikers are boycottingagain.

They are fighting for their lives.

Fight beside them.

VIVA LA CAUSA!

VIVA CRAVEZ!

Joan Palevsky

BOYCOTTnon-UFW

GRAPES, HEAD LETTUCE

and

GALLO WINES

Art Torres

Assemblyman. 56th District

We, who support the struggle 01 theSpanish Workers to build Trade Unionsof their choice and their right to striketo better their Dvlng conditions

SALUTE

The FARM WORKERS for their heroiccontribution to the entire labormovement.

COMMITTEE lor a DEMOCRATIC SPAIN

Victory to the UFW, Cesar, andthe dedicated workers, in thegreatest cause of our time.

Jerome and Julie HarrisParents of Vivian and Jim Drake

TO VICTORYlllll

Syd Goldfarb and Friends

VIVA LA CAUSA!

Local2I3Leather Luggage, Handbag, U Allied

Products Workers Union

Max Roth, Executive SecretaryMary Lou Medina, President

Al Shaw, Vice-PresidentLito Moriel, Organizer

Photo: Bob Gumpert.Above: E. & J. Gallo wine tanks and Gallo Labor Camp No.2. In the one room shown here lived FilipeMiramontes, his wife and their three daughters. The room lacks the most basic plumbing. In June, 1973,this family, along with dozens of other Gallo strikers were evicted, after refusing to work under asweetheart Teamster contract. Below: A Gallo Striker working on the boycott in San Francisco.

Los Angeles (.A~ounty Federation of Labor, AFL-L10

We urge all trade unionists ...

all working men and women

... to further their support

of our brothers and sisters in th,e UFWA

SIGMUND ARYWITZ, Executive SecretaryJ. J. RODRIGUEZ, President

Above: Jerry Whipple, Regional Director, United Auto Workers, Region 6.

Below: Sigmund Arywitz, Executive Secretary-Treasurer Los Angeles CountyFederation of Labor, AFL-CIO and Charles Bratton, President of United Steel­workers, Local 1845.

TELIII the east los angeles communiiy uniona communiiy development corporation

David Lizarraga, executive director1330 south atlantic boulevard, east los angeles, co, 90022· 213/268-6745

April 16, 1975

To the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO:

Those of us at TELECU wish to express our support for theUnited Farm Workers and their boycott of grapes, head lettuce,and Gallo wines (all wines made in Modesto, Ca.).

We further applaud their new documentary film, FIGHTING FOR OURLIVES, depicting the historic and valient strike of 1973.

David C. Lizarraga, DirectorBusiness Development, Operations & Assistance • CommunicationsHousing & Urban Development • Manpower • Social Services

SEIU Local 660 supports its brothersand sisters in the UFW.

We believe in your struggle becauseit is ours too.

,•

Local 660, SEIU (AFL-CIO)Los Angeles County Employees Association

THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE WISHES

THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE UNITED FARM

WORKERS OF AMERICA CONTINUING STRENGTH AND COURAGE

IN THEIR GREAT STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY AND JUSTICE.

"but they who wait for the Lord

shall renew their strength,

they shall mount up with wings

like eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

they shall walk and not be faint."

-Isaiah

Space contributed by a friend

OFFICERS AND MEMBERSHIP· UAW LOCAL 509

JOINS UNITED FARM WORKERS STRUGGLE!!

UAW Local 509, with a membership of ten thousand members located in eightyshops throughout Southern California, has been a continuous ally of the UnitedFarm Workers' struggle since 1965.

The officers have not only followed the UAW - farm worker policies under theleadership of the late President Walter Reuther and President Leonard Woodcock,but have provided strong support to assure continued farm workers supportthroughout the membership of our great Union.

Many farm workers leave the fields and move into the industries of SouthernCalifornia.

Local 509 appreciate help from those workers in our efforts to organize theunorganized.

Local 509 extends best wishes and offers continued support to the UFW efforts.

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD, LOCAL 509, UAW

Bob Laster, PresidentJulian Cervantes, Vice PresidentHoward Dickerson, Vice PresidentPete Peterson, Vice PresidentAlex Sweeten, Vice PresidentPaul Bluto, Financial Secretary

From the United Steelworkers of AmericaLocal No. 1845

GuideGuideGuide

Executive Board - President, Charles Bratton

Vice President, Wilfred AndersonRecording Secretary, Cruz MontemayorFinancial Secretary, Hermes PaizTreasurer, Jinny Gaines

Trustee Ernest RodriguezTrustee Walter FullerTrustee Lloyd Williams

Marcelino MugaValentine RamirezHoward Hansen

"Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation,are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; theywant rain without thunder and lightening. They want theocean without the awful of its mighty waters."

•••Frederick Douglass

1975

CALIFORNIA

1954

SAN FERNANDO

SOCIEDAD PROGRESISTA MEXICANA INC.

Logia "2do. Centenario de Hidalgo" No. 56is labor justice for all.

Labor justice for Farm Workers

Western States Region

Cornelius Wall, International Vice-President

International Ladies Garment Workers UnionEDUCATION-RESPETO-PATRIOTISMO

Mesa Directlva 1975

The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workerscongratulate

The United Fann Workers of America on thesecond anniversary of their strike in· theCoachella Valley and wish them success in theirefforts t\» organize the agricultural workers ofthis nation.

OCAW District 1

Presldente • Jacinto Arteagaler Vice presldente - Beatrlz Garcia2do Vice presldente • Alberto MendozaSecretario - Jesus PerezTesorera - Mary MartinezPro-Tesorera - Angelita Imperialler Vocal y Deleg~do - Salvador Garcia2do Vor.al· Enrique MarinMariscal - Ida NegreteGuardian - AllJert ChavezPro·Estandarte - Helen MendozaComlslon de Hacienda 3er Vocal Salomon RodriguezComlslon InvestlgadoraRafael SanchezFellcitas SanchezMatllde ArteagaSuplente Delegado - Carlos Sou

UN IDEAL PROGRESISTA, MERECE APOYO Y RESPETO"OBRAS SON AMORES NO FALSAS RAZONES"

ANONIMO

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA· AFL·CIO

ORANGE COUNTY CWA LOCAL IISIO

Salutes

CESAR CHAVEZ

Michael Corcoran, Pres.James Carrick, Exec. VPMichael Drake, Sec·Treas.Jack Brantley, VPDick Luthi, VP

Executive Board Members

Dick BevansJohn PopeJerry PickelMarie RidgeNan StephensBruce MayerJess GriceTim O'LearyDick KuchtaCalvin Foster

Red Burns

.VIVA LA HUELGA!

•••An injury to one is an injury to all•••

Carpenters

Local IOS2

Social Action Committee

of the

Sisters of Providence

of

Southern California

U. A. Pipe Trades District Council I6

Supports your efforts to obtaindecent wages and working conditions

for farm workers.

.51 SE PUEDE!

Rank and File Carpenters

Local IOS2

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA· AFL·CIOBY CONVENTION ACTION

SUPPORTSUFWA

VIVA LA HUELGA

DISTRICT ELEVEN

So. Calif. CWA Local· 11500·

Arcadia CWA Local· 11505 .

SanDiego CWA Local· 11509 .

Harbor CWA Local . 11513·

Santa Monica CWA Local· 11576·

Santa Barbara CWA Local· 11576 .

Pomona·Palm Springs CWALocal· 11588·

1111 LA

Dina BeaumontBill Demers

Myrl Jenkins, Pres.Marj Terflinger, Exec. VPLouise Lienau, Sec-TreasShirley Murphy, VPFrances Valencia, VPBetty Hukill, VPMartha Brychel, VP

Dave Hart, Pres.Gerald Stattery, VPCharlene Boyer, SecretaryGeorge Reeley, TreasurerBruce Stillwell, Chief Steward

Don Banning, Pres.Bill Quirk, Exec. VPBarbara Daniels, Sec-TreasSylvester Armstrong, VPLouise Rogers, VPJohn Needy, VPDan Adkins, VP

Delbert McBride, Pres.Anthony Bixler, Exec. VPAlice Peck, Sec-TreasMichael Hartican, VPJohn Bourguignon, VPRobert Smith, VPCarmen Hernandez, VPRonald Cawdrey, VP

Phil Maher, Pres.Bobbi Marellino, VPStan Lowry, Sec-Treas

Greg Carlson, Pres.Jean Taggart, VPWilliam Wodarczak, Sec-Treas

Jack Stowers, Pres.Mike Crowell, Exec. VPBob Haselwerdt, Exec. VPJoel Clifton, Sec-TreasAl Smith, VPBill Fitzgerald, VPRaleigh Beattie, VP

SA!

Photo: Gayanne Fietinghoff

OUR EVERLASTING SUPPORT TO

THE UNITED FARMWORKERS OF

AMERICA

~

~

Steve Allenand

Jayne Meadows

.'

PROGRAM

INVOCATION

Roberto de la Cruz, Gallo Striker

MUSIC

Los Comperos

INTRODUCTIONS

Jim Drake

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Steve Allen

SPEAKERS

Al Gruhn, President, California State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Sigmund Arywitz, Secretary Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor,AFL-CIO

Jerry Whipple, Director, Region 6, United Auto Workers

Assemblyman Richard Alatorre

Stanley K. Sheinbaum

Glen Pearcy, director, Fighting For Our Lives

Taj Mahal

FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES

Cesar Chavez

RETAIL CLERKS UNION

Localx442

People have joined together in great struggles from

time immemorial and certainly one of the great

struggles of the 20th century is that of the United

Farm Workers Union which, like all just struggles,

eventually will prevail.

"Justice, Justice shall3'ou pursue"

...Deuteronom3' J6:~O

THE BOARD OF RABBIS of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Rabbi Meyer HeUer, PresidentRabbi Harry Essrig, Vice-PresidentRabbi Leonard I. Beerman, Vice-PresidentRabbi Sidney Jacobs, Chairman, Social Action Committee

Rabbi Sanford RaginsRabbi AUen I. Freehling

"I wish to express my thanks to those

people listed below who responded

without question when I asked for

their support for such a worthy cause."

. ..Gil a Cristina Guzman.

Kathy RivasFred GonzalesBlu LanternCarl CarneySal HolguinJoseph LunaRamiro RodriguezHank EllisBill NesbitBob HineNancy HugheyRobert & Alice GuzmanRay & Hope GarciaEdan PrabhuOrb & Norma CoronadoArmando TrujilloJuan & Connie EscobedoPete & Linda Guzman

Angel & Corinne MunozEdye WadeElsa Karen BradenDavid A. NelsonVeronica GibsonMartha E. DeSotoWesley & Julia GreenwoodRobert & Azizah AmundsonMary Carmen CejaJoe & Donna EstradaRussell & Wanda MishlerSam & Barbara ButtnerGeorgia D. RicciBob & Linda LlamasJohn & Vielka RyanJohn &Toni RegaldoJ. Michael Mendez

WE'RE WITH YOU CESAR ALL THE WA'

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF

MUSICIANS UNION LOCAL 47AMERICAN FEDERATI-oN OF MUSICIAJ-l

AFL·CIO

"A la chingada con la lechuga y las uvas!

.. .Thomas Aquinas (age 5)and

Frances Genevieve (age 6)

(Children of Frank and Inez Quevedo)

15,000 0MOD€5TO M~RCHh+ l'J,.

Best of Luck

Barbers UnionLocallDDD

HASTA LA VICTORIA!

Office & Professional EmployeesInternational Union

AFL-CIO Local No. 30

BOYCOTTGallo

MADRIA ~~DRIA SANGRIABOONE'S FARMRED MOUNTAIN

SPANADATYROLIAPAISANO

WOLFE & SONEDEN ROC

CARLO ROSSITHUNDERBIRD

ANDREany wine with

Modesto, Ca. on thelabel is GALLO.

Boycotts have been anessential part of pastfarmworker victories.

To help protectfarmworkers

rights

DON'TBUY

THESELABELS.

CITY HALL

LOS ANGELES 90012

485-3311

OFFICE OF TH E MAYOR TOM BRADLEYMAYOR

To the United Farm Workers of America:

All of my life, I have fought, by every legal means, theindignities and deprivations visited on blacks, browns andother minorities and subjugated peoples. I am continuingthat fight and expect to carry it on until every human beinghas the full dignity and respect, and all the rights, towhich each of us is entitled. I therefore believe that yourstruggle is mine. It is nothing more, nor less, than thenon-violent struggle for a decent and fair chance, an opportunityto live in peace and harmony with nature, neighbors and oneself,with adequate compensation and conditions for labor and time.I personally support these efforts by UFWA and others elsewherewho are fighting humanity's fight.

Viva la causa,

Tom Bradley, MayorManuel Aragon, Jr., Deputy MayorMaurice Weiner, Deputy Mayor

HUELGAI

Officers and Members of

Sprinkler Fitters

Local No. 709

Viva la Causa!

PAINTER'S

Local 1348

420 N. Soto, Los Angeles

YOUR FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT!

Ii\~ CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERSlmd! AFL-CIO

2412 W. MAGNOLIA BLVD.BURBANK, CALIF. 91506

(213) 843-8226

RAOUL TEILHET PRESIDENT

Open 7 days a week

Service, Sales & PartsUsed cars & New cars

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSBenedictine Sisters -

St Lucy's PrioryMr. & Mrs. Stanley CharnofskyHelen DahlstromEvaG. DoyleEileen FosterHelen GreenbergImmaculate Conception Province

Adrian Dominican SistersInstituto del PuebloLou LabazioAnnette and Gordon LeisWilliam and Stella MargolisJoan MendelsonJulius MilsteinVirginia MulrooneyRichard NewmarkMiraa Joann NeillQuentin and Paula OgrenFrank and Molly PinaMr. & Mrs. J. Nives Quinn, Jr.John B. RamboKarol RoffLeigh RoseDeborah RosenfeltFred SainzHoward and Michael SchugWilliam Henry TaylorUnited Professors of California

Local 1384 AFT. AFL-CIOMartin and Ruth WeissMr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Wyatt, Jr.Myron and Carol WollinSpecial Thanks toKathy ChandlerStella CordovaCarol CovelliFranciscan Communications

CenterSadie DoroshkinAudrey FargoAlice DudishJudy GirardIda HonoroffBertha MarshallDahlia PalacioPauline SlomeKathleen SextonRita StricklandJack SpiegelKaye Tobin SchlickMollyWex]erJennie WyattWilliam & Carol KramerDavid BidnaVictor MagistraleBarbara NardellaPaul Ousted

CORRECTION:The cover of this bookletshould be -BOYCOTT non-UFW GRAPES &

HEAD LETTUCE.

Look for the Union Label.

TIt,-It",,,,oNK

ae~-~1540

fS4!S So. ATL.ANTIC Bt..vD.

Lo. ANGllI_It•• CA 80022

SOLIDARITY FOREVER

Throughout the course of the United Farm Workers struggle

for Union recognition, the United Auto Workers Union has proved

itself a strong long-term ally. When the first strike was barely

three months old, in December 1965, Walter P. Reuther, UAW Presi­

dent, went to Delano, California to pledge his Union's support for

the fledgling UFW.

Days after assum ing the UAW presidency, Leonard Woodcock

showed his commitmentto carryon the Union's fine tradition of

Solidarity with the Farm Workers. President Woodcock joined

Cesar Chavez in a downtown Detroit rally which began the journey

of the historic "DELANO FREEDOM BELL". From Detroit, the UAW's

hometown to Delano, the hometown of the UFW.

Since 1972 as Regional Director, I have followed my own

dictates as well as the policy of our Union to support the Farm

Worker's struggle wherever it is, and I pledge the continued

support of UAW Region 6 in the future.

LONG LIVE THE UFW!

VIVA LA CAUSA!

JERRY WHIPPLEDirector, UAW Region 6

Local 502

Air Transport Division

EI Segundo, Calif.

William Finn, President

Local 505

Air Transport Division

Burlingame, California

Ba rney Spera, President

Compliments

of

Transport Workers Union of AmericaAFL-CIO

UNITED -INVINCIBLE

THIS IS NOT A UNION "BU(;"for grapes and head lettuce

THIS IS!

The Los Angeles Union Label Council, AFL-CIO, and its officers and delegates urge all trade union­

ists to boycott grapes and head lettuce which do not bear the UFWA label ... Viva La Causa!

THE UNITED RUBBER WORKERS TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR PLEDGE

TO SUPPORT WHOLEHEARTEDLY OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF THE UNITED

FARM WORKERS.

MAY THEY SOON HARVEST THE FRUITS OF THEIR TOIL, NOT ONLY IN THE FIELDS,

BUT IN THE COURTS AND AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.

MAY THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR UNION BE AN EXAMPLE FOR

ALL AND BE THE FOUNDATION FOR EVEN STRONGER UNIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN

DEDICATED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF DIGNITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WORKING

PEOPLE.

VIVA LA CAUSA!

Affiliated

A

F

L

C

o

C

L

CPeter Bommarito, Intll. PresidentKenneth Oldham, Intll. Vice-PresidentIke Gold, Intll. Secretary-Treasurer

Tony Rodriguez, District #5 Director

THE U N ION THAT CARES

On Behalf Of ILWU, Local %3

We reaffirm our position in

support of the

UNITED FARM WORKERS

and their STRUGGLE!

.VIVA LA HUELGA!

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION

BI Pucd,lo De Los An,eles Luehando Por La Causa

La Quellradita(Manuel and Dolores Soto}

Los Angeles Fire Commissioner Joe Sanchez, Jr.Dolores Sanchez

Ms. Grace Montanez DavisCandidate, 13th District· L.A. Council Race

Commissioner Richard Guttlerez1:1 Puellio de Los Angeles

Commissioner FranJr MunozChairman, Housing Authorit~

M.A.P.A.· 56th Assemlll~District

Carlos and Delia Carlla'al(Walter Lawrence InJr}

Los Angeles Cit~Chicano Commissioner's Caucus

". . .That all men are created equal and are endowed with

certain inalienable rights. . .life, libert, and the pursuit of

h · ",applness...

Lest we forget!

Jim Keysor

Assemblyman, 39th A.D.

* * * * *~~Viva La Huelga y el Boicoteo/"

Alfred Whitehead, President

Los Angeles County Firefighter

Local 1014.

Cesar Chavez has become the voice of thousands whose fight is everyone's

concern. The Farmworkers have become visable, vocal and vital, and their needs

deserve attention and action".

Congressman James C. Corman

21st Congressional District

* * * * *

Mary and Grant Tinker

Lorenzo and Henrietta

P·EACE LOVE AND BROWN RICEX

Peter and Roz Bonerz

Greetings from

Mr. and Mrs. Hal E. Tobin

VIVA LA HUELGA!FEUER CORPORA TION

ROBERT WISE PRODUCTIONS

Farm Workers receiving treatment in one of the four clinics built and administered by their own unionunder the RFK Medical Plan. Photo: Bob Fitch.

"Show me a country in which thereare no strikes and I'll show

you a country where there is noliberty."

...Samuel Gompers

Mr. Louis S. GarciaEt(E€cutive DirectorN~theastValley Health Corporation

LIBERlAD PARA lODOS!

Leo 1. McCarthySpeaker of the

Assembly

NOSOTROS ESTAMOS

DEDICADOS A LA CAUSA

DE LOS CAMPESINOS

FELICIDADES!

My prayers and my best wishesfor a peaceful solution of thisgood cause.

Fr. Amador Lopez, OMI.

Los Angeles-Orange CountiesOrganizing Committee

AFL-CIO

William L. MeyersChairman

Larry TafoyaSecretary

William L. GilbertDirector, AFL-CIORegion 6

George E. SmithCo-Chairman

Steve EdneyTreasurer

Charles HoganAFL-CIO FieldRepresentative

and Staff

Painter's Local 7133770 San Fernando Rd.Glendale, Calif. 91204

To United Farm Worker Members...

Our pledge ofsupport untiljustice comes to California'scorporate acres.

District Lodge 727

International Association ofMachinists and Aerospace Workers

Burbank, California

To a magnificent struggle...

from

The Doctors and Staff of

The First St. Medical Clinic2219 E. 1st St.

Los Angeles, Ca.

Your committment to non-violence shows those whohave eyes to see, the power of God's spirit in the world.

Southern CaliforniaCouncil of Churches

CONGRATULATIONS!

TO THE UNITED FARM WORKERS...

Many have made the extreme sacrifice.

They believe in the dignity of man.

Lincoln

Juarez

FD.R.

Kennedy

King

Chavez

Freedom does not come easy.

-Joe Garcia

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAllan & Dorothy AbrahamseAdrian Dominican Srs. - DetroitRuth AfflackGary & Mildred AlexanderDolores AlvarezAndy's Lock & KeysRaul AragonJohn & Mary Lou ArallenoSal ArandeAI & Bea AraujoNancy ArnoldJoan ArnotFay ArondRudolph & Miriam AshnerAssoc. of Mexican-American

EducatorsGreg AvilaChristie BalvinPhillip BarnettKirk & Nelda BarrettNina & Howard BarskyPatricia BasslerNettie BaumSister Anne Baxter, O.P.Bertha BeasJohn & Alice BeckIrene BennetAlice & Marlin BergHarold & Jean BerlfeinJohn C. & Harriet BlairM/M James BloomenkrantzM/M Charles BloomquistNorman BochnerRobert H. BondHank & Teresa BremerRuth BriceAnita BrooksBecky Brooks and June RiaveRobert & Carol BustamenteArcelia CabreraDon CabreraMiguel CancinoSuad CanoAlbert & Dora CaracoR. S. CastrellonWilliam E. CatesGeorge & Maxine ChapinCatherine & John ChandlerErnest & Angela ChavezPhyllis Ruth CheanHamilton S. CloudBetsy & George ConnerRay ContrerasRalph & Doris CoppermanHope CornejoWally CraigGladys CrickJean & Harold CrossMartha CrumpDan & Gurdi CullitonDaughters of the Holy SpiritDaughters of Mary and JosephW. Ray DavisChuck DelgadoHelen & Irwin DeShetlerAnthony & Hisaye DeSotoTeresa G. DestitoRamon & Mercedes DiazJulius & Margaret DiCesareHobe & June Foray DonovanCharles DowneyCarlo & Mira DuranCarmen DuranGilbert & Elaine DrummondJudith EbnerDr. Norman EllenbergMr. ElliotM/M Marion Lee EllisCarol T. EvansRaymond B. EvansArleen FairchildMs. Lena FarberMarvin FarberMargaret FeiganAntonia & Rudy FelanGloria FelicianoAnita FernandezJeff & Eileen FieldsH. Mike FinkRon & Adrienne FinkSocorro FitzpatrickLouis FloresR. J. Flynn, DDSHelenFoosWill & Sue ForthmanHal & Joanne FosterFranciscan Srs. of Mary ImmaculateErnest F. Frank

Lawrence FranklinGene FreidmanJoe FuchitaEmma GallegosEmma & Louis GarciaLeo A. GarciaMary GarciaWalter & Doris GarciaOlive GelerinterDan & Frances GenungSusan GershgoranA. &S.GillettDavid GillmanRichard GillmanJoe & Judy GirardAlice GivensErnest A. GoldenfeldMary GoldmanEmery GordonDr. & Mrs. Tom GormanRonald & Hedy GreenbergIrma GremaineAlex GrossMartin L. GuajardoJames & Dorothea HakesVivian & Thomas HallPatrick & Lee HancockMichele & Andrew HarrisJeanne HaugenDon HeadAnnette & Ken HeldBarbara HendersonAaron.& Renee HermanMaz HernandezHarry H: 5 hkinDr. & Mrs. Robert HoflandRobert & Kathryn HollerMiriam HorenianRev. Tom & Sara HubbardAndy E. HunsakerHelen HurlimanMarie Louise IngramInstitutio del PuebloInternational Book ShopMarv & Shirley IrwinCarol JacobsonJack & Joyce JaffeLawrence & Sandra JelinekSister Mary Jensch, DMJDr. Stanley KandelMargaret KanneArthur & Sylvia KaplanMimi KaplanMaura & John KawaskiJuanita KayMargie KemmererShirley KesslerDorothy KilianMargaret Adams KiskaddenDoris A. KorotInge KorverJoanne KovalAlbert LakeKen LanceMr. and Mrs. Robert LandKenneth & Eugenia LangeBeach C. LangstonCatherine LangstonVivian & Larry LarsonPaul & Ruth LeackLeadership Conference of

Women Religious - Region 14Rita & Gilbert LeosPalmer LingbeckDr. & Mrs. Arthur LitmanPablo LockwoodRalph & Consuelo LoweDavid LudwigMiriam LudwigPeter LudwigVictor LudwigJoe & Charlotte LukesNancy & Richard LundSister Trina McCormick, O.P.Dolly McDanielJ. F. & Dorice McDanielMurray & Marian McDougalLois & Russell McFannJim & Shirley McGovernMrs. Jean McGuireSister Sharon McGuire, O. P.Charles A. MalotteBertha MarshallMary MartinezSteve & Mary MartinezSister Barbara Mason, O.P.Andrew & Eleanor MasonChuch Matthews

Ron & Loretta MeikleCelia MirandaChuck MooreFernando MoralesMrs Genevieve MullenNat. Assembly of Women ReligiousPhillip & Phyllis NewmanNorth Redondo Democratic ClubNuevo Sol, Inc.Fr. Gerard O'DonnelRev. Chris O'ConnorPatrick & Pamela O'LearyMrs. Claire O'NeillRay & Yolanda OchoaQuentin & Paula OgrenIsaac Pacht in memory of wife,

RoseSigmund & Lorraine PawlikJerry & Cathy PeaulmanJean W. PeraraLarry PerkinsFr. James Pfeffer, M.M.Walter & Micky PorgesErnie PowellSulamith ProctorRaymond & Frances PullaraManuel & Maria RaskinMr. & Mrs. Richard G. RedellRev. John L. Reid, Jr.Stanley & Miriam ReinhartReligious of the Sacred Heart

of MaryBarbara ReynerYolanda & Lester RileyCarole RobertsMauricio Ordaz Rosas, Jr.Samuel & Sylvia RosenweinRay RosilloHarold & Fevronia RossKenneth & Betty RottgerViki RudolphJohn RukavenaSister Anne Russell, I.H.M.Andrew & Lupe SaavedraJean & Morris SamuelLeo & Frances SandronMarilyn & Joe SchaferAlbert & Betty SchoenbergHoward SchugAnn SchwartzEarl SegalDeene & John ShahinianShalom HouseWilliam & Sara SheonAbby SherRichard & Marjorie ShidlerDarby & Judith SilverbergConsuelo SimenthalOscar & Minnie SimonPaul SingerJohn SkelleyPhilip & Roslyn SobelSidney SolomonAllen SpirererMorris StalkCraig & Leslie StevensTom & Marilyn StoutSylmar Democratic ClubWilliam Henry TaylorJill & Larry TemplemanJudy & Mauricio TerrazasD. Ian ThiermannJan M. ThomasKen ThomasDavid L. ToddDavid TolinRobert & Ruth TorresDr. Irwin TrotterJane TrujilloBillie TunksDr. Stanley TurnoskyRussell ValenciaJ. VeneziaRev. Doug & Alice VestRobert S. VillafanaManuel & Angelina VillalobosMyron WallinLorneWardHazel & Herbert WarnerLeo S. WaxmanWomen for Legislative Action

Day ChapterLillyB. WhiteAnn C. WilliamsGene & Jennie WyattZeller Music Co.

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.....UNITED FARM WORKERS ofAMERICA AFL-CIO

1434 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90015· (213) 381-1136

"Each time a man or woman stands up for justice the heavens sing end the worldrejoices. Each time a man or women stands up for justice and is struck down theheavens weep and the world mourns. Form workers everywhere are angry andworried but we are not going to fall into the trap that our oppressors have falleninto. We do not need to destroy to win. We ore a movement thot builds ond doesnot destroy." (Cesar Chavez)

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