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Chavez signs first table grape grower contracts in California drive
Cesar Chavez announced three union contracts in his bid to organize California table grape workers. Two growers signed with a third in negotiations in the Coachella Valley as the AFL CIO United Farm Workers seeks more growers to join and widen the boycott. The three-year deals include a 6 to 10 cent hourly rise, 1.75 per hour base plus per-box bonus, health and welfare dues, and pesticide safeguards with DDT banned. The effort involves David Freedman Co and Wander Palms Ranch in India and Travertine Ranch in Oasis, with the latter’s owner ill. The agreements aim to pressure broader participation amid resistant Desert Grape Growers League.
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Cesar Chavez
California
Coachella Valley
Desert Grape Growers League
Coachella
Desert
San Joaquin Valley
Chavey
Afl-Cio United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Chavez
Los Angeles
David Freedman Co
Thermal
India
Wander Palms
Steinberg
Cesar Chayer
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Lionel Steinberg