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.
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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
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C
o
C
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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.
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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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