Politically, others see little chance of the UFW's regaining the clout it once had.
Each represents field workers and is recognized by the AFL-CIO. Once considered the only game around, the UFW now must compete with labor organizations such as the Teamsters Local 890 in Salinas and the Ohio-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee. In 1984, Chavez called for another boycott of grapes, and he conducted a 36-day fast in 1988 to protest the risk of pesticides. "Cesar was not only the symbol of farm workers' rights, but he made the boycott his principal tactic."Ĭhavez captured the national spotlight in 1965 when his union called a strike in the San Joaquin Valley against table-grape growers and a national boycott of grapes. "That's a courageous step," said Don Villarejo, executive director of the California Institute for Rural Studies in Davis.
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