UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL,CIO

25th ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT

BOYCOTT GRAPESFOR YOUR SAKE ... AND OURS

AN EVENING OF SOLIDARITY

SHIRLEY CARRCANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS

THOMAS R. DONAHUEAMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR,CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS

JACK HENNINGCALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO

LUIS VALDEZEL TEATRO CAMPESINO

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1987FORTY ACRES

DELANO, CALIFORNIA

LEFT TO RIGHT: Oscar Mondragon, Board Member; Cesar Chavez, President; Frank Ortiz,Second Vice-President; Ben Maddock, Board Member; Peter G. Velasco, Secretary-Treasurer,Arturo Rodriguez, Board Member; Arturo Mendoza, Board Member; Dolores Huerta, FirstVice-President; David M. Martinez, Third Vice-President.

MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD

" ~en we first beganVVO;ganiZing farm workers

and formed the National FarmWorkers Association 25 years ago,we took the first step in becomingwhat we are today: the UnitedFarm Workers - a union.

We are, first and foremost, aunion. We are like any otherunion whose purpose is to improvethe lives of its members throughthe process of collective bargainingwhich American workers have tra­ditionally used to escape povertyand raise their standard of living.

But from the earliest days on, weunderstood that we had a missionbroader than ourselves, a missionnot limited to improving the livesof our own members, a missionwith implications for all society,not just farm workers. Because ofthat, many people rightly perceivedthat we were more than a union.

Our mission is food. It is thefood we produce that marks ourpeople and fashions the specialbond which has endured for 25years between farm workers andmillions of consumers across NorthAmerica who have rallied to ourcause. It is the bounty of food weproduce - but too often don'tshare in - that has touched thehearts and consciences of so manypeople.

Because our mission is food, ourvision cannot be confined towages, hours, and working condi­tions. We must also battle for fooduntainted by toxics, food safe toeat and free from dangerouspesticides which imperil farmworkers and consumers, and foodto be sold at a fair price toconsumers.

"The Wrath of Grapes," thetheme of our current boycott ofCalifornia table grapes, symbolizesthe threat to farm workers fromworking with dangerous pesticidesin the fields and the threat to con­sumers from eating pesticide resi­dues on table grapes and otherfarm produce.

We will continue to tell theNorth American people the truthabout how toxic chemicals arepoisoning farm workers and con­sumers. How could we do other­wise? If food is our mission, howcould we not be just as concernedabout the slow but relentlesspoisoning of consumers from pesti­cide residues as we are about thethousands of our own farmworkers poisoned by pesticidesannually?

We know our opponents arehaughty with wealth and power,which are their allies. They ownthe land. They influence how thelaws are enforced or, more often,not enforced. The boycott - andthe truth - are the only weaponsin our nonviolent arsenal. Theirally is money; our ally is time.

For us, the challenge is clear.There is nothing more importantto us than the health and lives offarm workers and their children.There is nothing more importantthat we share in common with theconsumers of North America thanthe safety of the food supply whichwe all depend upon.

There is nothing more importantwe can do than spend our lives inthis good fight. And with theunbounded support our cause con­tinues to enjoy from decent menand women everywhere, we shallwin in the end.

Hace 25 aflos tomamos elprimer paso para llegar a ser 10que somos ahora: La Union DeTrabajadores Campesinos,AFL-CIO.

Desde luego, somos un sindi­cato como cualquier otro quepor medio de negociacionescolectivas, ayuda a sus socios aescapar de la pobreza y amejorar su nivel de vida.

Pero tambien somos mas queun sindicato. Tenemos unamision mas amplia que nosotrosmismos. Nuestra mision es lapropia comida. Es la comidaque nuestro sudor produce 10que senala ese vinculo especialentre campesinos y consumidores.

Es la comida que nuestro tra­bajo produce, que frecuentementeno comparten con nosotros -10 que ha tocado el corazon yla conciencia de millones deconsumidores quienes se han'unido a La Causa.

Debido a ese vinculo especialnuestro boicoteo de las uvas deCalfornia, "La Ira De Las Uvas"hace enfasis en la amenaza delos pesticidas a los campesinos yconsumidores.

Sabemos que los rancherostienen grandes riquezas y poder.Son los duenos de la tierra.Tienen influencia sobre laadministracion de las leyes. Peronosotros tenemos el boicoteo ­y la verdad - como armaspoderozas en el arsenal de lanoviolencia.

EI desafio es claro. No haynada mas importante quepodamos hacer con nuestrasvidas, tanto para los campesinoscomo para los consumidores,que luchar por la seguridad deel abastecimiento de comida delcual todos dependemos. Y conel apoyo infinito que nuestracausa continua disfrutando dehombres y mujeres decentes pordonde quiera, finalmentenosotros venceremos.

LUIS VALDEZ AND EL TEATRO CAMPESINO

Erom obscurity in the farmfields of California to fame in

the bright lights of Broadways runsthe inspiring story of Luis Valdezand El Teatro Campesino.

Born of farm worker parents inEarlimart, near Delano, Valdezworked in the fields before study­ing drama at San Jose State Uni­versity. Early in the 1965 grapestrike, he heard Dolores Huertaspeak, later met Cesar Chavez, andgot the go-ahead to form a farmworker theatrical company.

With a small group of farmworkers, Valdez began writing andproducing "actos," little skits per­formed for farm workers in thefields, on flatbed trucks, and inmakeshift meeting halls. The skitsridiculed the stereotypes that evenfarm workers themselves had takenfor granted - that they werenothing but poor, ignorant tools ofgrowers who by virtue of wealthalone had the right to control theirlives.

Valdez' playlets were littlemasterpieces that made farmworkers howl with glee over thepompous mannerisms and behaviorof growers and politicians, weepover their own tragic living and

working conditions, ponder andgradually reject the injustice oftheir situation, and, finally,become outraged enough to walkout of fields, join the strike andthrow themselves wholeheartedlyinto the solidarity of the union.

Valdez gradually extended thescope of the company and begantouring the country to dramatizethe plight and cause of farmworkers and gain support for theboycott. National attention andrecognition followed fast, first withan off-Broadway Obie Award in1969 and the Los Angeles DramaCritics Circle Award in 1969 andagain in 1972.

In the 1970s, El Teatro Campe­sino won international praiseduring six tours of the Europeancontinent. One production used onthe tour was "La Carpa de losRasquachis," which Valdez adaptedas "El Corrido" for PBS television.He later won an Emmy for writingand directing "Los Venidos."

In 1978, after appearing in"Which Way Is Up?" with RichardPryor, Valdez wrote the musical,"Zoot Suit," which became a stagehit in New York. "Zoot Suit" wasthe first play by a Chicano play­wright / director to be presented onBroadway's "Great White Way."Three years later, he directed themovie version for UniversalStudios, and it was also widelyacclaimed.

In April 1983, Valdez wroteanother musical, "Corridos," whichreceived the "Best Picture" awardfrom the San Francisco Bay AreaTheatre Critics Circle. His currentprojects are a comedy, "I Don'tHave to Show You No StinkingBadges"; a television adaptation of"Corridos"j and a new movie forColumbia Pictures, "La Bamba:The Richie Valens Story."

Valdez' faithfulness to his roots isbest summed up in the citation ofan honorary Doctorate of Artsbestowed on him by ColumbiaCollege in Chicago: "Your artistryhonors the Mexican-Americanheritage and gives crucial strengthand coherence to the struggle for adecent life and justice for thosewho work the American land."

Luis lives with his wife, Lupe,and three boys - Anahuac,Kinan, and Likan - in San JuanBautista, California, which is alsothe home base of El T eatroCampesino.

Desde los campos de Califor­nia, hasta las luces de losteatros de Broadway surgi6 laFigura de Luis Valdez y EITeatro Campesino.

Luis naci6 en Earlimart depadres campesinos. Labor6 enlos campos hasta que fue a laUniversidad Estatal en SanJose, donde estudi6 ArteDramatico. A principios de laprimera huelga de la uva,1965-70, Valdez escuch6 aDolores Huerta en un discursoen la Universidad y posterior­mente conoci6 a Cesar Chavezdonde con entusiasmo inici6 laidea de un teatro campesino.

Fue asi que con unos cuantoscampesinos, Valdez empez6 aescribir y producir los "Actos"presentandolos en los campos,en salones y plataformas decamiones para los huelgistas.

Los temas de sus actos ridicu­lizaban los estereotipos a quelos campesinos eran sujetos. Susactos han sido obras maestrasdel Teatro Popular.

La carrera de Luis Valdez ysu compania sigue aderante. Haganado muchos premios y susobras siguen teniendo exito con­quistando nuevos publicos.

THE CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS

A s the United FarmWorkers of America cele­

brates the 25th anniversary of itsbirth, it pays special honor to theCanadian Labour Congress for itsselfless support of U.S. farmworkers over the past two decades.

Past CLC presidents DonaldMcDonald, Joe Morris, and DennisMcDermott in the first two tablegrape boycotts in the 1960s and'70s and current president ShirleyG. E. Carr during the present tablegrape boycott have inspired theirtwo million members to embracethe cause of American farm workersas if it were their own - acts offriendship and compassion for theirbrothers and sisters that put intopractice all that the word solidarityimplies.

From that day 20 years ago whenUFW boycotters set foot in Torontoduring the first grape boycott untilCesar Chavez' October 1985 cross­country tour when Toronto raisedthe Black Eagle above City Hall onGrape Boycott Day, Canadianshave opened their hearts, doors,and pocketbooks to aid belea­guered U.S. farm workers.

At the forefront of that supportwere the CLC and its affiliate

members who, in the first grapeboycott, inspired Canadians fromthe Atlantic provinces to BritishColumbia to quit eating grapes,picket supermarkets, hold vigils,fast, get arrested - actions thatplayed a key role in helping theUFW win contracts with grapegrowers in 1970.

"Key role" was no exaggerationin the first grape boycott, nor wasit during the second in themid-'70s. The CLC-affiliated foodunions applied the "hot cargo"provision to grapes, and that,along with the boycott actions ofmillions of Canadians, pressuredsupermarkets into honoring theboycott. One set of facts reflectshow strong Canadian boycott sup­port was in the '70s: U.S. grapeimports were cut 20% on a Canada­wide basis, 40% in Toronto, and50% in British Columbia.

But the CLC didn't support theUFW only at home. In 1969, theUnited Auto Workers' DennisMcDermott led a CLC-sponsoreddelegation to join strikers on thepicket line in California. And in1975, he again led a CLC­sponsored group of 75 labor,religious, student, and communitysupporters who participated in theUFW's Second Constitutional Con­vention in Fresno, where they wereall but blown out of the conven­tion hall by the roars of gratefuldelegates.

After the convention, the entiredelegation marched with CesarChavez on the last leg of his1,000-mile, two-month march toexplain the new farm labor law tofarm workers. And then 25 experi­enced organizers remained in Cali­fornia to help with the first elec­tions under the new law. Theirefforts produced UFW victories inSan Diego, Delano, Salinas, Fresno,Santa Maria, and Watsonville.

To the CLC, ;1 h;lIlJshake ofsolidarity is n() mere s\'tnholiLalgesture. Without preteme, theytranslate it into boycotting, picket­ing, letter-writing, providing officespace and resources, holding funJ­raisers, and an almost endlesslitany of other concrete help - in1987 as they did in the past.

The UFW is deeply grateful tothe CLC and all Canadians forshming our outrage at how brutallyU.S. agribusiness victimizes farmworkers, outrage Plato saw asnecessary for the achievement ofjustice for all: "Justice will beachieved for all citizens only whenthose who do not suffer from injus­tice feel the same sense of outrageas do the victims of injustice."

El apoyo hist6rico del paisvecino, Canada, a la lucha dela Uni6n, no tiene com­paraci6n. Pero en especial la delCongreso Laboral Canadiense.Su presidente actual es ShirleyG. E. Carr.

La palabra solidaridad para elCongreso Laboral Canadiense(CLC) tiene mucho significado.Por tal motivo han jugado unpapel principal en nuestrosboicoteos. Pero hoy en diaandan muy activos con el de lauva.

Al momenta en que la UFWcelebra su aniversario es unhonor reconocer la solidaridadincomparable del CLC en laspasadas dos decadas, cuandosus dos millones de miembrostomar6n la lucha de los campe­sinos como la suya propia.

Aquel dia de octubre de 1985,cuando la bandera de la UFW,con el aguila negra, fue alzadaen Toronto, Canada, en un diahonrado al boicoteo a la uva,los corazones de los canadiensesse abrieron mas para dar ayudaa los campesinos.

" . .. .JOHN HENNING - FRIEND OF FARM \VORKERS .

A s farm workers pause tocount their blessings on

the 25th anniversary of the birthof their union, it is a sure thingthat there would be fewer to counthad it not been for many friendswhose dedication was so great youwould have sworn they were work,ing for their own cause, not some'one else's.

Such a friend is John Henning,executive secretary,treasurer of theCalifornia Labor Federation, AFL,CIO, selected to receive a specialUFW anniversary award for hisselfless devotion to farm workersthat began before the union wasfounded and has continuedundiminished to the present time.And, since prophecy is primarilyprediction based on past events,farm workers take great comfort inanother sure thing: John Henningwill remain their friend until hislast breath.

Henning's first efforts on behalfof the Spanish,speaking and farmworkers began shortly after he tooka position with the CaliforniaLabor Federation in 1949, when hetargeted the Spanish,speaking forvoter registration and set upleadership conferences for them.

Henning was instrumental inestablishing the Industrial WelfareCommission that issued the firstwork order on behalf of womenand children in agriculture. He alsoworked to get farm workerscovered under the workers' com,pensation law. Before the 1960

elections, he provided labor sup'port for a massive voter registra,tion drive conducted by the Com,munity Service Organization,which Fred Ross, Sr., CesarChavez, and Dolores Huerta wereworking for then.

As director of the CaliforniaState Department of IndustrialRelations from 1959 to 1962, Hen,ning worked with Chavez andHuerta to end the notoriousbracero program. In 1964, duringhis five,year stint as UnderSecretary of Labor in the Kennedyand Johnson Administrations,Congress voted down this programthat had for nearly 20 years pro'vided growers with cheap laborand made organizing migrant farmworkers virtually impossible.

In 1967, President Lyndon John'son appointed Henning ambas'sador to New Zealand, a post heoccupied through 1969. Afterreturning to the California LaborFederation in 1970, he was electedexecutive secretary,treasurer, aposition he still holds. He wastedno time getting back into the thickof the farm worker struggle. Heimmediately called all the San Joa,quin Valley central labor councilsto a meeting in Delano to rallysupport for the union.

In the early 1970s, Henning didmuch to defeat Farm Bureau andgrower attempts to make organiz,ing farm workers and boycottingillegal, helped defeat Proposition22, and stood side,by,side withfarm workers when growers andTeamsters betrayed them by sign,ing sweetheart contracts. He wasunwavering in providing financialand moral support for the boycottof grapes, lettuce, and Gallo winesthat followed.

Later, Henning worked to secureunemployment insurance for farmworkers and was one of the key

figures in getting the AgriculturalLabor Relations Act passed in1975. After the unsuccessfulattempt to gain further legal pro'tection through Proposition 14 in1976, he fought hard to keep theALRA funded and to turn backevery attempt by growers toweaken the act.

Today, angered at how theDeukmejian Administration hasdestroyed the ALRA, Henning hasthrown his support behind the cur'rent UFW table grape boycott.

Somehow, in spite of his ownduties and all his work for farmworkers, Henning has found timeto serve on many public boardsand commissions, most notably theBoard of Regents of the Universityof California, to which he wasappointed in 1977.

Henning and his wife, Marguer,itte, parents of seven children,make their home in San Francisco.

Describir en poeas palabras ellabor de una figura como la deJohn Henning a favor de lacausa campesina, es una tareamuy dificil.

John Henning, Secretario,Tesorero Ejecutivo de la Federa'cion Laboral de California,AFL-CIO, ha sido seleccionadopara recibir un tributo especialen el 25 aniversario de la UFWpor su desinteresada devocion alos campesinos, la cual empezodesde antes de la fundacion dela Union. Y continua hoy conel mismo fervor de siempre.

En cada paso que ha dado ensu vida polftica y laboral hallevado en su mente a los cam­pesinos. Su participacion fueimportante en lograr el Acta deRelaciones Laborales Agricolasen 1975, y en otras importantesconquistas.

THOMAS R. DONAHUE, SECRETARY,TREASURER, AFL,CIO

~e United Farm Workers of~ ~merica, AFL-CIO is hon­

ored to have as its twenty-fifthanniversary keynote speaker,Thomas R. Donahue, secretary­treasurer of the AFL-CIO.

Donahue, elected in 1985 to hisfourth consecutive two-year termas secretary-treasurer, brings withhim the congratulatory greetings ofAFL-CIO President Lane Kirklandas well as the 33 vice-presidentswho along with Kirkland and Don­ahue comprise the AFL-CIO Exec­utive Council.

Donahue's presence represents along-standing relationship betweenthe AFL-CIO and UFW that grewout of the federation's establish­ment of the Agricultural WorkersOrganizing Committee (AWOC) in1958 and its first attempts toorganize farm workers in the 1960s.

At the same time, Cesar Chavezwas slowly building up the mem­bership of the National FarmWorkers Association, and theFilipino farm workers had emergedas the strongest group in theAWOC. After the Filipino workersstruck the Delano vineyards in lateSeptember 1965 and soon afterwere joined by Chavez and theNFWA, AFL-CIO President GeorgeMeany sent William Kircher, direc­tor of organizing, to California tosolidify AFL-CIO support for farmworkers.

Through Kircher's efforts ­including his participation in themarch to Sacramento in March­April 1966 - the AWOC andNFWA merged into the UnitedFarm Workers Organizing Commit­tee (UFWOC) a few months afterthe march. Nearly seven yearslater, the UFWOC became theUnited Farm Workers of America,AFL-CIO. On September 23, 1973,the UFW was granted its officialAFL-CIO charter, signed by Presi-

dent Meany and Lane Kirkland,then secretary-treasurer.

Since the first grape strike untilthe present, the AFL-CIO hasrepeatedly offered generous supportto the union - strike benefits,loans, organizers, and a variety ofresources for boycotts. On Febru­ary 21, 1985, the AFL-CIO Execu­tive Council, meeting in Bal Har­bour, Florida, endorsed the currentUFW boycott of California tablegrapes.

Donahue, 58, has held a varietyof positions in the labor move­ment. From 1949 to 1957, he wasan organizer, director of publica­tions, and business agent for Local32B of the Service Employees Inter­national Union in New York. Thenext three years he spent in Parisas European Labor Program Coor­dinator for the Free EuropeCommittee.

After his work in Paris, he wasfirst vice-president of the SElUfrom 1960 to 1967. In 1967, Presi­dent Johnson appointed him Assis­tant Secretary of Labor for Labor­Management Relations. He heldthat position until 1969, when hebecame assistant to SElU PresidentDavid Sullivan. From 1973 untilelected secretary-treasurer of theAFL-CIO in 1979, he was execu­tive assistant to President Meany.

Donahue is on the board ofdirectors of several organizations.Among them are the MuscularDystrophy Association, NationalUrban League, National Institutefor Dispute Resolution, Work inAmerica Institute, and the Brook­ings Institution. He also holdshonory doctorates from NotreDame University and LoyolaUniversity in Chicago.

Donahue and his wife, Rachelle,are the parents of two children andreside in Washington, D.C.

La Union de Campesinos deAmerica, AFL-CIO, se honraen contar can Thomas R. Don­ahue, Secretario-Tesorero de laAFL-CIO, como principal ora­dar en su 25 aniversario.

Donahue nos trae los saludosdel presidente de la AFL-CIO,Lane Kirkland, y los 33 vicepre­sidentesque junto con etforman el Consejo Ejecutivo dela Federacion Nacional deTrabajadores. Y su presenciarepresenta la duradera relacionentre la AFL-CIO y la UFW,que naciera del establecimientodel Comite Organizador Cam­pesina AWOC, en 1958, y sesolidificara durante la huelga de1965.

Desde aquella primera huelgade la Uva hasta el presente, laAFL-CIO ha ofrecido repetida­mente su generoso apoyo anuestras luchas, can pago debeneffcios de huelga, prestamos,organizadores, y una variedadde recursos para los boicoteos.Desde el 21 de febrero de 1985la AFL-CIO apoya oficialmenteel actual boicoteo campesino dela uva de mesa de California.

Thomas R. Donahue, 58, haactuado en diversos puestos sin­dicales desde 1949, y desde 1979es el Secretario-Tesorero de laAFL-CIO.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LABOR LEADERS

Morton BahrPresidentCommunication Workers of America

J. J. BarryInternational PresidentInternational Brotherhoodof Electrical Workers

Daryl BeanNational PresidentPublic Service Alliance of Canada

Owen BieberPresidentUnited Automobile, Aerospace andAgricultural Implement Workersof America

Moe BillerPresidentAmerican Postal Workers Union

Kenneth T. BlaylockPresidentAmerican Federation of GovernmentEmployees

Rodney A. BowerPresidentInternational Federation of Professionaland Technical Engineers

Paul J. BurnskyPresidentMetal Trades Department, AFL-CIO

John DeConciniInternational PresidentBakery, Confectionery andTobacco WorkersInternational Union

E. Gerard DocquierNational Director for CanadaUnited Steel Workers of America

Murray H. FinleyPresidentAmalgamated Clothing and TextileWorkers Union

John FryerNational PresidentNational Union of ProvincialGovernment Employees

Keith W. JohnsonInternational PresidentInternational Woodworkers of America

Jay MazurPresidentInternational Ladies' GarmentWorkers Union

Gerald W. McEnteePresidentAmerican Federation of State, Countyand Municipal Employees

Joseph M. MisbrenerPresidentOil, Chemical and Atomic WorkersInternational Union

Henry NicholasPresidentNational Union of Hospital and HealthCare Employees

Frederick O'NealPresidentAssociated Actors and Artistesof America

Charles A. Perlik, Jr.PresidentThe Newspaper Guild

Howard D. SamuelPresidentIndustrial Union Departmenr, AFL-CIO

Carl ScarbroughPresidentFurniture Workers Division, rUE,AFL-CIO

Albert ShankerPresidentAmerican Federation of Teachers

Vincent R. SombrettoPresidentNational Association ofLetter Carriers

Milan StonePresidentUnited Rubber, Cork, Linoleum andPlastic Workers of America

John J. SweeneyInternational PresidentService Employees International Union

Gene.. UpshawExecutive DirectorFederation of Professional Athletes

Shannon J. WallPresidentNational Maritime Union of America

Bob WhitePresidentCanadian Auto Workers

Lynn R. WilliamsPresidentUnited Steelworkers of America

Gord WilsonPresidentOntario Federation of Labour

William W. WinpisingerPresidentInternational Association ofMachinists and Aerospace Workers

ATTORNEYS COMMITTEE

Marcos CamachoManaging Attorney

United Farm Workers

James BlancarteAttorney, Los Angeles

Melvin BelliBelli Law Offices

San Francisco

Gerald Agnew,Immediate Past President,

LA Trial Lawyers Association

Robert CartwrightPast President

California Trial Lawyers Assn.

Fernando ChavezAttorney, San Jose

Federico ChavezAttorney, CRLA, Stockton

Frank Den isonAttorney, Leucadia

Antonia HernandezPresident & Gen. Counsel

MALDEF, Los Angeles

Gerald GoldmanLevy & Goldman

Los Angeles

Browne GreenePresident

L.A. Trial Lawyers Assn.

Daniel P. GarciaMunger, Tolles & Olson

Los Angeles

Jerome WaldieFormer MemberU.S. Congress

Johnny L. Cochran Jr.Attorney, Los Angeles

Patrick Sarfield HallinanHallinan & PoplackSan Francisco

Vincent William HallinanAttorney, San Francisco

Julius ReichReich, Adell & CrostLos Angeles

Victor J. Van BourgVan Bourg, Weinberg, Roger& Rosenfeld, San Francisco

'CORPORATE COM~IIITTEE .

Bonnie GarciaNational Manager, Hispfmic Market Development

The Stroh Brewery Co,

Richard RossSacramento, California

Tin" AguibrFre,no, C:diforni:l

Julie MondacaManager, Hispanic Market

Pepsi-Cola USA

Kent WinterrowdRobert F. Kennedy Medical Plan

Olga ArosRegional Marketing ManagerCommunity Relations, USA Today

Ally Sheedy

Jane Fonda

Dennis We<Jvpr

Mike Farrell

Anthony Quinn

Veronica Hamel

Kris Kristofferson

ENTERTAINERS COMMITTEE

Ed Asner

Valerie Harper

Martin Sheen

ENVIRONMENTALISTS COMMITTEE . ,

David G. ChatfieldRegional Director

Greenpeace

Penny NewmanExecutive Director

Concerned Neighbors in Action, Riverside, CA

Lawrie MottStaff Scientist

Natural Resources Defense Council

Michael PickerExecutive Director

Toxics Coordinating Project

Marion Moses, M.D.National Farm Worker Health Group

David RoeSenior Attorney

Environmental Defense Fund

Lucy BlakeExecutive DirectorCalifornia League of Conservation Voters

Walter G. HookeCambridge, New York

Carl PopePolitical DirectorSierra Club

Diane TakvorianExecutive DirectorEnvironmental Health Coalition

HISPANIC COMMITTEE

Richard AlatorreCouncilman

City of Lo~ Angele~, Cnlifornin

Mntthe\\' Mnrtinez.5. Congre,,~mnn

Montehello, California

Carlos CarbajalPresidentWalter Lawrence Company, Inc.Los Angeles, California

Edward R. RoybalU.S. CongressmanLos Angeles, California

Joe Sanchez and FamilyLa Quebradita MarketLos Angeles, California

Manuel Soto and FamilyCivic Center Food MarketsLos Angeles, California

E~tehnn Tnrre~

U.S. CongressmnnLo~ Angele~, Cnlifnrnin

Dave BarryInternational Vice President

& Reg,onal DirectorUnited Food & Commercial Workers

Harry IbsenNational Vice President

Communication Workers of America

Justin OstroGeneral Vice President

International Association of Machinists& Aerospace Workers

Vernon WatkinsInternational Union Area Director

American Federation of State,County & Municipal Employees

LABOR COMMITTEE

Jerry CreminsPresident, State Building & Construction

Trades Council of California

Bruce LeeRegional Director, United Automobile,Aerospace & Agricultural Implement

Workers of America

William R. RobertsonExecutive Secretary-Treasurer, L.A.

County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

William H. YoungNational Business Agent,

National Association of Letter Carriers

Joseph S. FrancisExecu ti ve Secretary-T reasu rerSan Diego-Imperial Counties

Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Raydell R. MooreWestern Region Coordinator, American

Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

Robert R. GuadianaDirector of District 39United Steel Workers of America

Walter L. JohnsonSecretary-TreasurerSan Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Steven T. NutterRegional Director of Western StatesRegion, International Ladies' GarmentWorkers Union

Mel RubinPresidentKern, Inyo and Mono CountiesCentral Labor Council, AFL-CIO

PUBLIC OFFICIALS COMMITTEE

Art AgnosAssemblyman

Thomas H. BatesAssemblyman

Willie L. Brown, Jr.Speaker of the Assembly

Charles M. CalderonAssemblyman

Robert Joseph CampbellAssemblyman

Peter R. ChaconAssemblyman

Gray DavisState Controller

Delaine EastinAssemblywoman

Dave ElderAssemblyman

Richard E. FloydAssemblyman

Bill GreeneState Senator

Thomas M. HanniganAssemblyman

Gary K. HartSrate Senator

Tom H~yJcn

Assemhlym~n

PUBLIC OFFICIALS COMMITTEE

Teresa P. HughesAssemblywoman

Phillip L. IsenbergAssemblyman

Burt MargolinAssemblyman

Leo McCarthyLieutenant Governor

Jack O'ConnellAssemblyman

Nicholas C. PetrisState Senator

David RobertiPresident Pro-Tem

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Herschal RosenthalState Senator

Curtis R. TuckerAssemblyman

John K. Van De KampState Attorney General

Maxine WatersAssemblywoman

Lloyd G. ConnellyAssemblyman

Terry FreidmanAssemblyman

Johan KlehsAssemblyman

Bill LockyerState Senator

Milton MarksState Senator

Joseph B. MontoyaState Senator

Richard PolancoAssemblyman

John VasconcellosAssemblyman

Diane E. WatsonState Senator

RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE

Fr. Eugene BoyleVicar for Inter-Religious and Public Affairs

Diocese of San Jose

Jeanne GiordanoCoordinator, Orange County Interfaith Committee

to Aid Farm Workers

Fr. Louis Vitale, OFMMinister Provincial

Sr. Patricia Drydyk, OSFExecutive Director,

National Farm Worker Ministry

The Rev. John C. MoyerCo-Executive Director,

Northern California Ecumenical Council

The Rev. Eugene BoutilierExecutive Director, So. California Ecumenical Council

Dr. Robert McAfee BrownPalo Alto, California

Sydney BrownPalo Alto, California

Rabbi Allen l. FreehlingPresident, Southern California Board of Rabbis

The Rev. Kathy JohnsonCo-Executive Director, No. California Ecumenical Council

The Rev. J. M. Lawson, Jr., PresidentSouthern Christian Leadership Conference - Los Angeles

Fr. Alan McCoy, OFM Executive Director,Franciscan Conference

Fr. Bill O'Donnell, PastorSt. Joseph The Workman Catholic Church, Berkeley

Fr. Luis Olivares, CMFLa Placita Church, Los Angeles

Teresa AlvarezGrape Boycott Activist

San Fernando High School

Jacob Angel JimenezMEChA, Chairperson

Me San Antonio College

Rita MorenaMEChA, Co-Chair

Cal State Northridge

STUDENT COMMITTEE

Lillian BarriosEl Congreso, Chairperson

UC Santa Barbara

Ana LopezMEChA, ChairpersonSanta Monica College

Barbara PerryGrape Boycott Youth Coordinator

Cal Poly Pomona

Valenti na HernandezMEChA, Chairperson

SDSU

Jose LopezMEChA, ChairpersonCal State Bakersfield

Gina RodriguezMEChA, Co-Chair

Cal State orthridge

Maria VillarealMEChA, Chairperson

USC

Bob Alvarez, Undergraduate Student Association, UCLAClemente Cassillas, MEChA, Member, San Diego City CollegeJuan De Dios Cassillas, MEChA, Member, Southwestern CollegeRicardo Castellano, MEChA, UCSDJose Cesena, MEChA, Chairperson, UCSDCarmen Chavez, MEChA, A.S. Representative, SDSURosie Covarubias, MEChA, Chairperson, San Diego City CollegeDean Florez, President, Undergraduate Student Association, UCLARuth Garcia, Grape Boycott Activist, San Fernando High SchoolRodrigo Lopez, MEChA Chairperson, UC RiversideDiana Lujan, Grape Boycott Activist, LA Valley CollegeJoey Porras, MEChA Central SD, Director, San Diego City CollegeEdward A. Reyes, MEChA, Chairperson, Cal State San BernardinoGus Romero, Labor Studies, San Francisco City CollegeApril Smith- California Public Interest Research Group, UCLA

WORDS AND DEEDS AND A SURGING SPIRIT

Cesar Chavez and 10,000 farm workers on pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento, Spring 1966.

R eflected in the following pages, in spite of the limitation of having to choose from so manywords, so many telling moments frozen by the click of the camera, is the history of the birth of the

United Farm Workers 25 years ago, its gradual growth and surprising survival, its shattering defeats and stunningsuccesses, its ferocious enemies and faithful friends.

Underlying all the meetings and organizing, all the marches and demonstrations, all the strikes and boycotts,all the beatings and jailings, all the prayers and fasts depicted in these pages, surged an indestructible spiritimpossible to capture in words and pictures, a spirit built on values that endure: love triumphs over hate, non­violence over violence, courage over fear, human dignity over belittlement and abuse.

It is a spirit that sustained farm workers and their leaders in days of defeat and uplifted them in moments oftriumph, a spirit that evoked support from good men and women throughout America and the world, a spiritthat would not be broken as the United Farm Workers forged ahead with fierce determination to better the livesof its own members and farm workers everywhere.

En las siguientes paginas, extraido de las miles de palabras y fotograffas disponibles, se condensa el nacimientoy crecimiento de la Union de Campesinos sobre los ultimos 25 anos.

A traves de todas las juntas, marchas, huelgas, boicoteos, golpizas, encarcelamientos, ayunos y misas ­grabadas en estas paginas - surgio un espfritu indestructible formado de valores duraderos: el amor, que vence alodio; la nonviolencia a la violencia; el valor al miedo, la dignidad humana, al desprecio y al abuso.

Es el espfritu que ha sostenido a los campesinos y a sus Ifderes a traves de derrotas y triunfos, un espfritu queevoco el apoyo de hombres y mujeres decentes de todas partes, un espfritu que no serfa destruido mientras laUnion de Campesinos siguio adelante con fiera determinacion para mejorar las vidas de sus propios miembros yde los campesinos en todas partes.

Chinese laborers were among the first farm workers in California.

They migrated from crop to crop to find work.

They came seeking work and a better life.They toiled in the fields of plenty 12 hours aday, 7 days a week.

Buscaban trabajo y una vida mejor. Trabaja­ban 12 horas al dfa, 7 dfas a la semana en loscampos adonde abunda tanta riqueza.

Farm workers had no job security.

Starvation wages affected their children.

BELOW: Even the children had to work.BOTTOM: They lived in misery while growers profited.

BELOW TOP: Unsanitary, sub-human living conditionspredominated.

BELOV.': Ranch committee delegates at first NFWA convention, Fresno,Sept. 1962.

1962.. 1966

One by one they joined together to builda union and fight injustice.

t 'no por uno se unieron a construir Inl nion y luchar en contra de las in]ustkia

ABOVE: (I to r) Cesar, BIas Dias, Philip Burton, TonyRios, Helen Chavez see victory when Gov. Pat Brownsigns the pension law, 1961.

BELOW: The Chavez family moves to Delano in March 1962 tohelp farm "orkers organize their own union.

ABOVE: Hiram Samaniego, Cesar Chavez and Fred Ross, Sr. discuss CSOtactics.

BELOW: The NFWA joins Filipino workers of the Agricultural WorkersOrganizing Committee (AWOC) in the grape strike.

ABOVE: Dolores Huerta: "We Shall Be Heard," Sept.1965.

BELOW: Walter Reuther (c) and the United Auto Workers offertheir support to Cesar Chavez (NFWA) and Larry ItHong (r)(AWOC). Delano, Dec. 1965.

ABOVE TOP. Bill Kircher. LeRoy Chatfield, and Cesar Chavez discu sAFL-CIO affiliation for the United Farm Workers Organizing CommIttee,Delano, Aug. 1966.

BOITOM, Luis Valdez and the Teatro Campesino help dramatIze LaCausa for farm workers. 1969.

1966.. 1969

The Union's call for justice and commit~ment to nonviolence gained the support ofpeople everywhere.

La llamada de 1a Union para 1a justicia y 1anovio1encia gano e1 apoyo de los pueblos delmundo entero.

ABOVE: Jim Drake of the California Migrant Ministryoffers church support to farm workers, 1967.

BELOW: Robert F. Kennedy joins Helen Chavez, JuanaChavez (Cesar's mother), and 8,000 supporters at Delanomass as Cesar ends his 25-day fast, Mar. 11, 1968.

ABOVe' Los Angeles picketers, like millions of others, support the grapeboycott, 1966·1970.

BELOW: Cesar photographing farm workers and volunteers as they takethe grape boycott to the cities, Milwaukee, Nov. 1969.

ABOVE TOP: A IJ.. limore resIdent shows solidarity withLa Causa, 1969.

BOTTOM: Toronto residents share UFWOC concern overuse of DDT and other pesticides, 1969.

ABOVE: Richard Chavez explaining union benefits to workers, Pearce,Arizona, May 1972.

1969.. 1972

Wh a victory for grape workers, theUFWOC turned to other crops to gain benefitsfor all farm workers.

Con la victoria de los trabajadores de lasuvas, el UFWOC dio su atenci6n a otrascosechas para ganar beneffcios a todos loscampesmos.

LeRoy Chatfield (standing r) and staff of RFK MedicalPlan for union members and their families, Sept. 1969.

BELOW: Signing of the grape contracts, Delano, July 29,1970. Standing (I to r) William Kircher, Jerry Cohen, Bishop Joseph Donnelly,Monsignor George Higgins, Jerry Sherry, John Giumarra, Jr. Seated (I to r) Larry ltHong, Cesar Chavez, and John Giumarra, Sr.

ABOVE: UFWOC organizers in Texas. early 19705.

BELOW, Farm worker at rally, early 1970s

ABOVE: Over 7,000 lettuce workers walk out on strike in Salinas. Aug.24. 1970.

BELOW: Farm workers read the UFWOC's publication. EI Malcriado,Sept. 1972.

Farm workers keep a 24-hour vigil when Cesar is jailed in Salinas, December 1970.

Pete Velasco leads picketers when Farm Bureau proposesrepressive farm labor laws, June 1972.

Union <:ft"rts in California,oundly defeat Proposition 22, ananti-f"rm worker measure, inNO\' 1972.

New York City labor unions sup­port UFWOC lettuce boycott,Fall 1970.

Dr. Jorge Prieto of UFWAclinic is frisked at boycottpicket line in Chicago, Nov.1973.

Los Angeles residents joinboycott of Safeway Stores,1972.

BELOW: Striking farm workers show disdain for a laborcontractor and strike breaker, May 1973.

LEFf: Nan Freeman(18 years old) waskilled Jan. 25, 1972on a UFWOC picketline in BelleGlade, Florida.

Presentation of the cross symbolizing another day ofCesar's fast in Phoenix, Arizona, May 1972.

LEFf: Rev. Leo Nieto, Board of Missions of United Methodist Church (I);Rev. Chris Hartmire, executive director, California Migrant Ministry (c); andother religious leaders at press conference during Cesar's 24-day fast,Phoenix, Ariz., May 1972. RIGHT: Striking UFWOC workers protest grower.Teamster conspiracy, 1972.

Ground-breaking atPaolo Agbayani Retire­ment Village for farmworkers, Delano,Dec. 21, 1971.

ABOVE: Dr. Radebaugh and Cheryl Makr recruit volunteers to help staffthe union, Detroit, 1973.

BELOW: Dr. Peter Cummings, M.D., examines Fortunado Ariguen at theUFW clinic in Delano, Nov. 1972.

1971.. 1973

I ncreased union membership and contractsgained benefits and AFL-CIO recognition ofthe United Farm Workers of America.

El aumento del numero de miembros y con­tratos trajo beneficios y reconocimiento par elAFL-CIO de la UFW.

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ABOVE: UFWOC members at annual meeting of theCredit Union, Delano, Jan. 1973.

BELOW: Juan Huerta, field office director in King City,assists a Paul Masson worker, Sept. 1972.

Cesar Chavez with William Kelly, Coca-Cola vice presi­dent, after signing the first Florida contract, Feb 1972.

Cesar Chavez receives national charter from AFL·CIO President George Meany while Msgr. George C. Higgins witnesses, Washington, D.C.

First Constitutional Convention of the UFW, Fresno, Sept. 21, 1973.

Farm workersdemand UFW

contracts.

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Si se puede. Uno par uno la Union credo.Habfa mucho que hacer.

1972.. 1975

Si se puede. One by one the UFW grew.There was much to do.

ABOVE: Farm workers throughout the Central Valleydemand l:rowers sign UFW contracts, 1975.

BELOW: Manuel Chavez tells grower what melon workersin San Luis, Arizona think of his offer, June 1972.

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D'Arrigo strike, Imperial Valley, Jan. 1973.

LEFf: March Fong (c) and UFW attorney, Jerry Cohen, investigate illegaluse of the pesticide Monitor 4, Mar. 1973.

RIGHT: Lupe Murguia (I) signs up new UFW member, 1973.

Deadly pesticides are applied with no concern for farm workers' health and safety.

Labor contractors exploitnon-union farm workers.

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ABOVE: Kern County sheriffs terrorize Marta Rodriguez at the GiumarraRanch in Arvin, July 1973.

BELOW: Marcelino Angeles shouts "Viva la huelga!" as Indio Countysheriff deputies arrest him.

LEFf: Kern County sheriffs arrest Frank Valenzuela, Marta Rodriguez,and hundreds of farm workers and supporters at Giumarra Ranch, July1973. RIGHT: EI Malcriado calls for unity and nonviolent action in theface of the violence unleashed against the UFW.r--------------,

1973

Grape growers refuse to negotiate newUFW contracts and call on the police andcourts to back them.

Los duenos de los vinedos rehusan negociarnuevos contratos con la UFW y solicitan laayuda de la polida y de las cortes las cuales losapoyan.

ABOVE: Striking workers kneel in nonviolent action atWhite River Farms in Delano, Sept. 1972.

BELOW: Riverside County sheriffs arrive at UFW picketlines in Coachella, April 1973.

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ABOVE: A woman mourns the death of a farm worker, Juan dela Cruz funeral, Aug. 1973.

BELOW: Maxima de la Cruz at her husband Juan's funeral, Aug.21,1973.

LEFf: Farm worker Nagi Daifullah is killed when fleeing from aKern County deputy sheriff, Lamont, Aug. 13, 1973.RIGHT: Farm worker Juan de la Cruz (60 years old) is shot onUFW picket line at Wheeler ranch, Aug. 16, 1973.

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(I to r) Msgr. Higgins, Bishop Donnelly, Father John Banks, andMarshall Ganz, national boycott director, assist in mediation talks,1973.

L;AW members in Los Angeles,1969.

Atlanta labor backs UFW, 1973.

1969.. 1974

Labor unions throughout the UnitedStates, Canada, and Europe rallied to LaCausa.

Smdil atos en los EEUU, Canada y Europaapoyaron a La Causa.

AFL·CIO solidarity on the East Coast, 1970

New York shopper urged to join the boycott.

UNITED:ARM WORKERS

UAW members join lJFW picket line, 1973.

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San Francisco labor pickets for UFW, Nov. 1973.

ABOVE: San Francisco religious and labor leaders organizea caravan to go help UFW strikers, Sept. 1973.

"Human billboards" outside aChicago market, 1973.

Labor comes to the picket lines inthe fields.

Community and labor groupssupport UFW, 1973.

Strikers prevent loading of 2,660barrels of Gallo wine, Pier 1,Oakland, Jan. 1974.

BELOW: Los Angeles trade unionists arrive in Delano,July 1973, with a food caravan for striking workers.

UC Berkeley students adopt UFW strikers in a show of solidarity,Feb. 1973.

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The Gallo boycott march from Modesto to San Francisco, 1975.

ABOVE: 20,000 farm workers and supporters join the Gallo march in1975.

BELOW: Protest in Chicago against use of the pesticide Monitor 4, Mar.1973.

1966.. 1975

By 1975 over seventeen million people sup­ported the UFW boycotts.

En el ano de 1975 mas que diecisietemillones de personas apoyaron a los boicoteosde la UFW.

ABOVE: Boston rallies for UFW, Winter 1973.

BELOW: National Maritime Union in New York, July, 1969.

Union picketers outside ofAWOC office in support of firstgrape boycott, 1966.

AFT backs UFW at Delano rally,July 1973.

Religious groups and unions in northern California.

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ABOVE: New York unions picketing in Dec. 1967.

BELOW: Union members offer support throughout thecountry.

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ABOVE: UFW supports Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike, Aug.

Dom Helder Camara,Archbishop of Recife,Pernambuco, Brazil inDelano to support farmworkers.

(I to r) Ben Maddock, Rabbi Albert Lewis, Cesar Chavez, Rev. ChrisHartmire, and Marc Grossman, Los Angeles, 1976.

1973.. 1979

Church leaders, political leaders, andentertainers backed the UFW's call for justice.

Los lideres de las iglesias, los politicos, y losartfstas apoyaron a la llamada de la UFW parala justfcia.

Dorothy Day,co-founder of theCatholic Workermovement, withfarm workers,Aug. 1973.

Helen Chavez, Cesar Chavez, and Richard Ybarra with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, Sept. 1974.

French grape workers talkwith Cesar and authorJacques Levy, Sept. 1974.

Hortencia Allende, widow of Chilean President SalvadorAllende, and Dolores Huerta in Montreal, Dec. 1973.

Anthony Quinn and friend meet Cesar in Rome to back internationalgrape boycott, Sept. 1974.

ABOVE: Pete Seeger (I) andfriend with Cesar in Washington,D.C., 1973.

BELOW: Taj Mahal and JoanBaez at Juan de la Cruz funeral,Aug. 1973.

BELOW: Gloria Steinem ofNational Organization of Womenwith Cesar Chavez.

ABOVE: Dolores Huerta withSen. George McGovern.

ABOVE: The Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Cesar Chavez atpress conference in Los Angeles, Jan. 1979.

BELOW: Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden at UFW rally.

BELOW: Assemblyman RIchard Alatorre and Roberto de la Cruz withGov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. after signing ALRA in Sacramento. June 5.1975.

1975.. 1979

A UFW victory resulted in the passage ofthe Agricultural Labor Relations Act,guaranteeing secret elections and collectivebargaining for California farm workers.

Una victoria de la UFW resulto en laaprobacion de la Acta de Relalione' Laborale5Agrfcolas, la cual guarantizo eleccionec ecretasy contratos colectivos para los campesinoc.

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Farm workers and their children gain access to education.

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BELOW: Fred Ross and the first class of negotiators, La Paz, 1978.

ABOVE: Dolores Huerta and ranch committee members sign Mt. Arborcontract with growers, Delano, May 1978.

Farm workers filing grievance procedures in ImperialValley, 19i').

1976.. 1980

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lettuce strike toCleveland, Nov.I-J79

(I to r) Rev. Edgar Edwards, Dolores Huerta, Rabbi SidneyJacobs, Father Luis Olivares, Manuel Provencio, Sister TessBrown, John Hasenjager, and Roy Valdez turn insignatures for Proposition 14, April 1976.

G wer refuo;e to rec.ognize elec"! m )rign ne\\ ontractc,. Budget cut and new

admm trat on block Lnf) Lement of ALRA.

Lo nL he,-o niegan a "ec.c. n ) t:r laeleed me,; () firmar nUl vn contrat-o. l ndrebaja l n 0<; fondo y und nLiev dm! tradon c. 1 truve el c. ump!Im!ento de la ALRA.

ABOVE: Farm workers in Oxnard call for justice.

BELOW: Farm workers and supporters collect 729,000 signatures to putProposition 14 on the ballot.

Farm worker RufinoContreras (28 years old)shot by company fore­men during ImperialValley strike, Feb. 10,1979.

ABOVE· (1 to r) Gov. Jerry Brown, Cesar, Helen, andRichard ( havez at funeral mass for Rufino Contreras, Feb.1979.

BELOW: Salinas march and rally for Chiquita banana andRed Coach lettuce boycotts, Aug. 1979.

Rufino's widow, Maximina Rosa, holds her son at her husband's funeralmass, Feb. 1979.

One of the first UFW pensioners to receive benefits of the Juande la Cruz pension plan.

ABOVE: An election victory at a Bruce Church ranch inArizona, 1987.

BELOW; UFW contracts pushed for water, sanitation, and restperiods in the fields.

1980.. 1987

w.y we fight: UFW victories haveresulted in benefits for all farm workers.

Porque luchamos: las victorias de la UFWhan resultados en beneficios para todos loscampesinos.

UFW efforts pressured legislators to outlaw the short-handled hoe.

ABOVE: Farm workers enjoy better working conditions.

BELOW: Saul Martinez and ranch committee memberssign Montebello Rose contract at Delano.

I he UFW utilizes high technology to increase its outreach In itsstruggle against growers.

ABOVE: KUFW, the first radio station owned, operated, andbroadcast by and for farm workers.

BELOW: Better wages and job security help farm workers'children gain access to higher education.

ABOVE: UFW members enjoy an excellent health plan for theirfamilies.

BELOW: Publications and direct mailings from the UFW print shopemblazon the call for justice.

Food and Justice keeps hundreds of thousands of supporters abreastof UFW activities.

UFW organizers,Gilbert Rodriguezand David Serena,talk to workersabout the union,Coachella, 1985.

ABOVE: Some farm workers are still forced to live under inhumane condi­tions, San Diego County, 1986.

BELOW: Over one third of the pesticides used on grapes are known tocause cancer.

Como Siempre: The UFW will fight untilthere is justice for all farm workers.

Como Siempre: La UFW luchara hasta con­seguir la justfcia para todos los campesinos.

ABOVE: Dr. Marion Moses (I) and Minme Ybarra (r) of theUFW comfort Juan Chabolla's mother after her son died avictim of pesticides in a San Diego County field, Aug.1985.

BELOW: Ramona Franco with her son, Felipe, a victim ofpesticides, Summer 1986.

Farm workerRene Lopez(21 years old)killed by com­pany agents atthe SikkemaDairy nearFresno, Sept.1983.

It is for the children that the UFW fights. ABOVE: Cesar Chavez and farm workers continue in their struggle, Calexico.

BELOW: Francisco and Dolores L6pez, parents of Rene, grieve at their son's funeral, Sept.1983.

ABOVE TOP: Four-day march from Cutler to Lindsay, 1985.

BOTIOM: Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta at a Fresno press conferenceabout the dangers of pesticides, 1986.

BELOW: Announcement of the new international grape boycott at the 7thUFW Constitutional Convention, Bakersfield, Sept. 1984.

1980.. 1987

U nidos Ganaremos. Unable to get justicein grower-backed courts, the UFW turns to itscourt of last resort, the consumer boycott.

Unidos Ganaremos. Sin poder encontrar lajustfcia en las cortes apoyados por los ran­cheros, la UFW busca ayuda en la corte delultimo recurso, el boicoteo.

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ABOVE: Toronto declares Oct. 8, 1985 Grape BoycottDay and the Black Eagle flies over the city.

Thomas Van Arsdale. representing more than one millionworkers from the NY City Labor Council. endorses thegrape boycott, Spring 1986.

ABOVE: California legislators pledge support for the grapeboycott, Sacramento, 1986.

BELOW: Farm workers and supporters at grape boycottrally in San Francisco, Winter 1985.

ABOVE: Farm workers are worried about the effects of pesticides on theirchildren.

BELOW: Canadian labor leaders (c back) Fred Upshaw and (I to r) MichaelLyons, Bob White, Leo Gerard, Cesar Chavez, and Member of ParliamentBob Rae support boycott, Toronto. 1987.

FACING THE FUTURE

So it went. Twenty-five years of struggling, surviv­ing, succeeding. Much has been accomplished. Wehave many blessings to count. We've come a longway.

When we set out on our journey 25 years ago, weknew there would be many roadblocks along theway. But even we were shocked to learn how highand wide and thick some of them were, surprised athow much time and energy we would have to spendon byways - reconnoitering, regrouping, out­maneuvering - just to get around obstacles that aresupposed to have no place on the freeways of ourdemocratic society.

Yes, we knew most growers would never raise farmworkers' wages a cent or give them a cup of cooldrinking water without a struggle; we also knewsmall-town cops and city councils would do theirbidding no matter what the law said or what rightsfarm workers had.

But we were surprised at how frightening the deci­sions of supposedly unbiased judges could be when afarm worker and grower stood before them or, later,at how easily a law-and-order governor could ignorethe crimes of growers at the drop of a campaigncontribution.

Today, we embark upon the next leg of ourjourney in the midst of another international tablegrape boycott. We never wavered in the past, andwe will not in the future. We tremble in fear before

no grower, no judge, no governor. Unafraid, we faceall the challenges that lie ahead.

Relying on our own courage and commitment andappealing to our faithful friends to stand with usonce again, we know we will win. And our victorywill mean a brighter future for farm workers, fortheir children, and for their children's children.

Y asi fue. Veinticinco anos de lucha. Mucho se halogrado. Tenemos muchas bendiciones. Cuandodimos principio a nuestra jornada hace veinticincoanos, sabfamos que el camino serfa diffcil. Sabfamosque muchos rancheros nunca aumentarfan los salariosde los campesinos - ni siquiera un centavo 0 dadesuna taza de agua fresca - sin una renida lucha.

Pero nosotros nos sorprendimos de 10 injusto quelos supuestos imparciales jueces decidian a favor delos rancheros. Como tambien un gobernador conmembrete de "ley y orden" podfa ignorar loscrfmenes de los rancheros cuando oian sonar dineropara sus companas.

Hoy, damos principio a nuestra siguiente jornadacon otro boicoteo internacional a la uva. No importacuantos obstaculos encontremos en nuestro camino- rancheros, jueces, gobernadores - a todos lesharemos frente sin temor.

Siempre con nuestro propio valor y, el apoyo denuestros fieles amigos que nos acompanan una vezmas, sabemos que ganaremos - para el futuro denuestros hijos y los hijos de nuestros hijos.

Cesar Chavez takes the UFW's message of the future to over 85,000 people in the Rose Bowl on Peace Sunday, Pasadena, June 1982.

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THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FARM WORKERS FUND

I t \Va~ nn sllperficial gesturewhen, on December 18, 1973,

the Martin Luther King, Jr. FarmWorkers Fund was established andnamed in honor of the renownedcivil rights leader and martyr.

It was, instead, a natural out­growth of the deep commitment ofboth King and Cesar Chavez tothe philosophy of nonviolence, tothe achievement of goals throughsuch nonviolent means as marches,fasts, vigils, picketing, andboycotts.

Other instances that deepenedthe bond between King and thefarm worker movement were histelegram of solidarity to Chavezafter the UFW defeated the T eam­sters in the DiGorgio election in1966 and his March 1968 telegramduring Chavez' 2S-day fast for non­violence just before his own assassi­nation on April 4, 1968: "I amdeeply moved by your courage infasting as your personal sacrifice forjustice through nonviolence."

Since her husband's death,Coretta Scott King continued hisas well as her own personal com­mitment to the farm worker causeby visiting Chavez on two dra-

matic occasions: when he was injail in Salinas in December 1970and in the midst of his 24-day fastin Arizona in 1972.

MLK, as the fund is familiarlyknown, grew out of an ideaChavez had about negotiating con­tracts with a special clause thatwould go beyond the usual hours,wages, and working conditions andwould provide services for farmworkers to enhance their socialdevelopment.

The first contract calling for asmall per-hour contribution to theFarm Worker Fund, as it wasknown then, was the Steinberggrape contract negotiated on April3, 1970. That fund grew for almostfour years until MLK wasestablished.

MLK came into existence whenan "agreement and declaration oftrust" was signed with growers onDecember 18, 1973. The first trus­tees were two union representa­tives, Cesar Chavez and GilbertPadilla; two employers, Eli M.Black of InterHarvest, Inc. andWilliam M. Kelly, Jr. of Coca-Cola;and, representing the public inter­est, Monsignor George C. Higgins.

The first executive director wasAnna Andreini, who held the posi­tion until March 30, 1976, whenRichard Chavez succeeded her.After his resignation, AnnMcGregor, the current executivedirector, was appointed on April12, 1980.

The general purpose of MLK inthe original trust document was toprovide "educational and chari­table benefits and services to farmworkers and their families." Thatpurpose has been translated intothe hackbone of MLK, a networkof "campesino centers" in Califor­nia, Arizona, and Florida.

The work of these centersenu )mpasses the whole range of

problems faced by farm workersand their families. Last year eachcampesino center averaged 300cases a month. A crucial part ofthe MLK philosophy, however, isthat, through the services provided,workers learn to help themselvesand, in turn, help other workers.

Besides the campesino centers,MLK operates several youth pro­jects, including a pilot pre-schoolMontessori program, the ReynaLujan Olivas School.

Among its other projects, amajor one sponsored by MLK isKUFW-FM, Radio Campesina, thefirst farm worker educational sta­tion in California. It started hroad­casting in Spanish on May 1, 1983.Located in Woodlake, it broadcastsfrom 4 a.m. to midnight every dayand can reach a million listeners inthe San Joaquin Valley, when; anestimated 250,000 farm workerslive.

El 18 de diciembre de 1973 seestableci6 el Fondo para Cam­pesinos Martin Luther King, Jr.,bautizado asf para homar alconocido martir de los derechosciviles.

El Fondo creci6 de la idea deCesar Chavez de que los con­tratos de trabajo campesinoincluyeran mas previsiones quelas basicas de sueldos, horas ycondiciones de trabajo.Clausulas que dieran a loscampesinos medios para sudesarrollo social y econ6mico.

El prop6sito original del MLKfue el de "proveer beneficioseducacionales y caritativos yservicios para el campesino y sufamilia." Cada servicio prestadoen sus centros de California,Arizona y Florida \leva lafilosoffa basica de que elcampesino aprenda con ello aayudarse a sf mismo, y luego alos demas.

THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY FARM WORKERS MEDICAL PLAN

~ birth of a medical plan for.Lh~arm workers was long, long

overdue. More than a hundredyears. And the birth pangs, whenthey finally began, were painful.The huge DiGiorgio Fruit Corpora­tion and the Teamsters saw tothat.

On August 31, 1966, afterDiGiorgio, the Teamsters, andtheir powers-that-be pals finallyexhausted their vast reservoir ofillegal and immoral maneuvers toavoid a humiliating election loss tothat upstart Cesar Chavez and hisgang of Chavistas, the union (thenthe UFWOC) defeated the T eam­sters in a widely publicized elec­tion, 530-331.

Finally, after several months ofcontract negotiations almost aspainful as the election, DiGiorgiowas forced to accept an arbitrator'sdecision and signed a contract in1967 - the first one calling for agrower contribution to a farmworker medical plan. The very firstcheck issued in August 1969 wasfor a maternity claim. A touchingirony.

The medical plan was first named"The Health and Welfare TrustFund." The original trust docu­ments were signed by union andgrower trustees on September 17,1968. Shortly after that, thetrustees voted to name the fund"The Robert F. Kennedy FarmWorkers Medical Plan" in honor ofSenator Kennedy, assassinated bySirhan Sirhan on June 5, 1968.Naming the fund in his honorresulted from the deep bondbetween him and farm workersthat began with his aggressivequestioning of growers and law of­ficials during the U.S. Senate hear­ngs in March 1966 and culminatedin his presence at the Mass endingChavez' 25-day fast againstviolence in Delano on March 11,1968.

From the 10-cent an hour con­tribution rate DiGiorgio and othergrowers paid under early contracts,the first modest benefits were $5for an office visit, $50 for X-raysand lab work, $300 for maternity,and $200 for hospitalization. Nowthe highest contribution rate forthe best of several different benefitoptions is $1.07 an hour.

Gradually, as more contractswere negotiated, contributionsincreased, and in 1980 RFK wasable to offer better benefits: officevisit, $25; X-rays and labor work,$300; basic surgery, $1,000; basichospital, $1,500; major medical,$20,000; life insurance benefit,$6,000; death benefit, $2,000;vision and dental care; and aneasy-to-use prescription-drug planin cooperation with more than 500unionized Thrifty Drug Stores inthe western states.

Crucial for farm workers, whosework is seasonal, is a self-pay provi­sion that allows them to pre-pay acertain amount per month to beeligible for coverage during themonths they are out of work.

Since the first claim was paid inAugust 196G, RFK has paid outnearly 100 million dollars; morethan $58 million of that W8S

dishursed after the benefits wereincreased in 1980.

There have been only fouradministrators since the medicalplan began: Leroy Chatfield,1969-73; Jack Quigley, 1973-74;Ralph Magana, 1974-80; and thecurrent administrator, Kent Win­terrowd, who was appointed inJune 1980.

Current union trustees are CesarChavez, Dolores Huerta, PeterVelasco, David Martinez, andFrank Ortiz. Representing growersare John Broad of ChristianBrothers, William Smeds of Smedsand Sons, and Shah Kazemi ofMonterey Mushrooms.

Despues de duras batallascontra los Teamsters y los ran­cheros, en 1967 la companiaDiGiorgio fue obligada a firmarun contrato, el primero con unplan medico campesino. Fuehasta agosto de 1969 que sepago el primer caso, uno dematernidad.

El 17 de septiembre de 1968,los regidores del plan votaronen nombrar al plan: "E1 PlanMedico para CampesinosRobert F. Kennedy" en honordel Senador Kennedy, asesinadoen 1968, y quien fue un amigoverdadero del campesino.

El Plan Medico RFK fue con­cebido por Cesar Chavez comouna forma de cubrir a los cam­pesinos migratorios y susfamilias con e1 mejor serviciomedico posible; y en la formamas economica posible.

El plan ha protegido a milesde miembros de la Union y susfamilias. Su trabajo es impor­tante el cual seguira adelante.

· THE JUAN DE LA CRiJZ FARM WORKERS PENSION FUND

~e tears 01 griel shed alter~~~-year-oldJuan de la Cruz,

the union's third martyr, was shotto death on a picket line nearArvin on August 17, 1973, turnedto tears of joy nearly 10 years laterduring a deeply moving ceremonyat the historical Forty Acres inDelano on June 27, 1983.

That evening, before a big crowdof farm workers packed into thefield office hall, UFW PresidentCesar Chavez called out the nameof Felicisimo Benitez Abad, one ofthe original Filipino strikers whobegan the great grape strike in1965. The dignified little gentle­man, all five feet and four inchesof him, rose from his chair, walkedto the podium, shook hands withChavez, and received a check - aseveryone in the hall rose to theirfeet, crying and applauding at thesame time.

It was applause heard round theworld. The unheard-of, the almostunimaginable had happened:"Freddie" Abad had just becomethe first farm worker ever - inCalifornia, in the U.S., in theworld - to retire from agriculturalwork with a guaranteed monthlypension. Unlike previous thou­sands of aged farm workers leftpenniless after being fired by

heartless growers for no longerbeing able to keep up with youngworkers, Abad would be able tolive out his last years in dignity.

In similar poignant ceremonieson three successive nights inOxnard, Salinas, and Coachella,Chavez, accompanied by KentWinterrowd, plan administrator,distributed pension checks totaling$101,000 to 59 more retirees. Moretears of joy. And more vindicationfor the martyrdom of the manwhose name the pension fundbears, the man who himself mightone day have retired in dignity hadhe not been violently and prema­turely deprived of his life: Juan dela Cruz.

The pension plan had a humblebeginning in 1973, with only fourUFW contracts requiring growercontributions of 1 cent per lug(box of grapes) and only a total of$10,000 accumulated in the firstyear. After the second year, thetotal grew to $100,000, and thepension trust was created andsigned on August 19, 1975. Todayalmost all contracts call for per­hour contributions ranging from 18to 25 cents, and the total reserves,as of May 1, 1987, were $39,000,000.

Since the first 60 retirees werepresented their pension checks inJune 1983, the number has grownto 447. Since then, the total paidout, as of May 1, 1987, was$1,497,015.33.

The JDLC pension plan is amulti-employer plan, which is anecessity for farm workers. Itmeans that, even though theywork for several differentemployers, all their hours workedcan be applied toward their pen­sion. The pension plan is also anon-contributory plan, which

means that all monies are paid intothe fund by the employers, not bythe employees. The plan wasapproved by the Internal RevenueService on May 22, 1980.

The current union trustees areCesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta,Peter Velasco, David Martinez,and Frank Ortiz. Employer trusteesare William Smeds of Smeds andSons and Shah Kazemi of Monte­rey Mushrooms.

Kent Winterrowd, also theadministrator of the Robert F.Kennedy Farm Workers MedicalPlan, is the current administratorand has been since the pensionplan started. The attorney for hothJDLC and RFK is Frank Denison.

Hubo un campesino HamadoJucin de la Cruz. Defensor delos derechos suyos y de suscompaneros. E1 17 de agosto de1973 fue ba1aceado en e1 cora­z6n durante una linea depiquete en Arvin. Su nombrequed6 estampado en 1a mentede los campesinos que 1uchanpor una vida mejor, pero sunombre queda permanente por­que esta en el "Plan de Pensi6npara Campesinos Juan de laCruz."

Gracias a 1a lucha inter­minable, ya los campesinospueden jubilarse con dignidad.E1 primer cheque de pensi6n fueentregado el 27 de junio de1983 en los 40 Acres de Delanoal campesino Felicisimo Abad,uno de los primeros huelgistasde 1965.

Cada ana mas campesinosHegan a 1a edad de retiro ypueden tener su vejez tranquila,porque cada mes recibiran sucheque de pensi6n.

NATIONAL FARM WORKERS SERVICE CENTER, INC.

I t is remarkable that, in themonths leading up to the

founding of the National FarmWorkers Service Center in Novem­ber 1966, leaders of the farmworker movement had time evento think about, much less establish,a new entity.

At that time, the little house inDelano serving as the headquartersof the National Farm WorkersAssociation was anything but anideal site for planning - it was ahot spot of feverish activity.

The major preoccupations inthose months were the U.S. SenateSubcommittee hearings; the NFWA­AWOC merger; the 300-milemarch to Sacramento; the bitterelection dispute at DiGorgio; tripsby Chavez to lead melon strikersin Texas; the Perelli-Minetti boy­cott; and, during all that andmore, the Delano grape strike andits 24-hour-a-day activities: main­taining picket lines, arranging foodcaravans, and holding fundraisers.

But somehow the NFWSC plan­ning got done, and on November15, 1966, the articles of incorpora­tion were signed by the first direc­tors: Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta,Richard Chavez, Andy Imutan,and Larry !tliong. At the firstmeeting two weeks later, the offi­cers elected were: Dolores Huerta,president; Larry Itliong, vice­president; Marion Moses, secretary;Rev. Keith Kenney, treasurer; andLeRoy Chatfield, executive director.

At that same meeting, additionaldirectors were nominated andelected: William L. Kircher, Rev.Eugene Boyle, Msgr. Gerald F.Cox, Rev. James Drake, Dr.Jerome Lackner, Rev. Chris Hart­mire, Paul Schrade, and GilbertPadilla. Current NFWSC officersare Cesar Chavez, president; Alicia

Hernandez, secretary; and TerryVasquez, chief financial officer.

The first broad purpose of theNFWSC was "to engage exclusivelyin charitable and educational acti­vities with farm workers" and pro­vide them "medical, educational,and welfare services."

The pioneering spirit of theNFWSC was a centrifugal forcethat later spun off separate pro­grams and entities. For example,the network of service centersNFWSC established to carry outits goals later became the specializedwork of the Martin Luther King,Jr. Farm Workers Fund. Anotherof the earliest NFWSC programs,to assess and meet the medicalneeds of farm workers, led to theopening of the first clinic inDelano in 1972. Subsequently,medical clinics became the concernof a new entity, the National FarmWorkers Health Group.

Similarly, NFWSC's pioneeringefforts to improve communicationamong the various organizationsserving farm workers eventually ledto the creation of Farm WorkersCommunications, Inc. NFWSCalso carried out a feasibility studyand procured the funds for thedevelopment of Radio Campesina.

Educational programs have alsobeen a main concern of NFWSCfrom the earliest days to the pre­sent. These include the first day­care programs and schools inDelano and, subsequently, pro­grams in language, mechanics, andprinting administered under theFarm Worker Institute for Educa­tion and Leadership Development(FIELD). NFWSC also initiated theFred Ross Farm Worker Educa­tional Center to educate negoti­ators and contract administrators.

A continuing NFWSC: preoccu­pation with developing qU;llit\·farm \\'orker housing is hest l'xem­plifiL\d hy the estahlishment of thePaolo Aghayani Village, a farmworker retirement center built inDclr1l10 in 1974, and by recenthousi ng projects in Parlier (ReneLopez Estates, 70 houses, and LaPaz Villas, 80 apartments) andFresno (Casa Serena, 35 apart­ments, and another large apart­ment complex currently underdevelopment).

No importo que la redennacida Union en 1966 tuvieraactividades febriles: de todosmodas los lideres del movi­miento campesino decidieronformar e1 Centro de ServicioNacional Campesino (NFWSC).EI 15 de noviembre de 1966, losarticulos de Incorporacionfueron firmados par sus pri­meros directores: Cesar E.Chavez, Dolores Huerta,Richard Chavez, Andy Imutany Larry !tliong.

E1 primer amplio proposito debrindar servicios educacionales,sociales y caritativos a loscampesinos, dieron como pautala creacion de otras organiza­ciones y medias de comunica­cion, incluyendo clinicasmedicas.

EI NFWSC creo programasinfantiles, de idiomas, deorganizaci6n y de imprenta.Tambien construy6 la Villa deRetiro Agbayani en Delano, yrecientemente se encarg6 de losproyectos de viviendas en Par­lier y Fresno.

We also credit the many photographers throughwhose eyes we have been able to visually record ourhistory. We regret that we are unable to credit eachindividually. We are grateful to all the other peoplewho assisted in the publication of this commemorativebook.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are deeply grateful to all of you whoworked so hard in so many different waysto make our twenty~fifth anniversarycelebration a success . .. and to themillions of our friends who keep supportingfarm workers in their long struggle forjustice.

Estamos profundamente agradecidos a todosustedes quienes trabajaron tan duro endiferentes maneras para hacer esta celebra­cion de nuestro veinticinco aniversario unexito ... y a los millones de nuestrosamigos quienes siguen apoyando a los cam­pesinos en su larga lucha para la justicia.

Carmen Penalber

Victor Aleman

Linda Herman

Fr. Ken Irrgang

UFW Print Shop

ABS Graphics

CREDITS

Book EditorEditora del Libro

Photo Essay EditorEditor del Ensayo Fotografico

Design ArtistDiseno Grafico

WriterEscritor

ProductionProduccion

TypesettersTipograffa

T ambien les damos credito a todos los fotografos, quepor medio de sus ojos, hemos podido visualmentegrabar nuestra historia. Sentimos mucho no poderdades credito individualmente. Agradecemos a todaslas otras personas quienes asistieron en la publicacionde este libro conmemorativo.

No burden too heavy ...

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS·

Silver Eagle Sponsors

American Federation of TeachersLos Angeles, CA

Bronze Eagle Sponsors

California Federation of TeachersMiles Myers, President

Oakland, CA

Black Eagle Sponsors

Robert & Maryalice BighamBurlingame, CA

Brotherhood of Railway, Airline &Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers,Express & Station Employees,District #854Richard M. Cota, District ChairmanGilroy, CA

Mollie M. CaesarPhiladelphia, PA

Conference of Personal ManagersLos Angeles, CA

John DownesAustin, TX

International Brotherhoodof Electrical Workers, Local 11Floyd F. Henke, Business-Mgr.,Financial SecretaryLos Angeles, CA

New York Hotel & MotelTrades Council, AFL-CIOVito J. Pitta, PresidentNew York, NY

Ed Padilla & Kathy MannesAssociation of PsychiatricSocial Workers, Local 2712Los Angeles, CA

Romana BurkeOak Park, IL

Richmond Federation ofTeachers, Local 866, AFT

San Jose Auto MechanicsUnion, Local 1101San Jose, CA

Taxi Drivers & AlliedWorkers Union, Local 3036,SEIULong Island City, NY

Note: Organizations listen in the Commemorative Journal and onthis addendum are for identification purposes only.

*Names received after the printing of the Commemorative Journal.