Grape Workers Organizing Nationwide Boycott Effort
Delano California Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers push a second season of a national consumer boycott of California table grapes as growers dispute union support and harvest looms in July. Protests, counterclaims, and wage debates highlight a deeply divided industry with broad community involvement.
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Today in History June 5 highlights
On this date in 1940 the battle of France began. Other entries include 1865 first performance of Onward Christian Soldiers in England, 1872 Grant nominated, 1917 WWI draft reaches nine million, 1933 US off gold standard, 1947 Marshall Plan proposal, 1950 school desegregation rulings, 1969 Adenauer stance, 1975 de Gaulle Ball Vietnam talks, and 1968 RFK assassination anniversary noted.
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