7/29/2023 0 Comments Ufw shirtThis climate of higher political consciousness contributed to millions of consumers joining the boycott (a nationwide poll in 1975 estimated 17 million Americans were boycotting table grapes). had increased the general public’s awareness of the effects of racism. During this time, the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. In 1967, the UFW began a boycott against all California table grapes, igniting faith-based groups, unions, and community organizations to join and publicize the boycott. Thousands of supporters joined the marchers. In 1966, Chavez and a group of strikers set out on a 340-mile march from Delano to Sacramento to draw attention to plight of farm workers, and during this strike the union won its first contract. This Delano Grape Strike grew to other growers and lasted 5 years. Cesar Chavez and the farm workers he had been organizing in the National Farm Workers Association joined the strike. In 1965, the mostly Filipino American members of another union went out on strike in the grape vineyards around Delano, CA. to organize, mobilizing allies in the struggle, and spreading the “¡Sí se puede!” (yes it can be done) message for over 50 years. The UFW has been inspiring farm workers across the U.S. The UFW continues to actively champion legislative and regulatory reforms for farm workers covering issues such as worker protections, pesticides and immigration reform. to prevent further deaths and illnesses from extreme heat and in 2016 the first law in the country providing farm workers in California with overtime pay after eight hours a day. They include the first state standards in the U.S. Many recent UFW-sponsored laws and regulations protect all farm workers in California, especially those at non-union ranches. The UFW has dozens of union contracts protecting thousands of farm workers, among them agreements with the some of the largest berry, winery, tomato, dairy and mushroom companies in California and the nation. The UFW continues organizing in major agricultural sectors, chiefly in California. Begun in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Gilbert Padilla, and other early organizers, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first enduring and largest farm workers union.
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