César Chávez Grape Workers Strike and Boycott by Carolynn Rowland https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq Module 10 Strategic Estimate Assignment and Discussion - PAX3001 Small Discussion Group 5 en-us 2017-03-23 20:18:04 UTC 2017-03-26 01:36:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 6. Dependency Balances crowland2013 https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162268722 In February 1970, 40 growers in Coachella, California, succumbed to the protest and began negotiations with the UFWOC. After two months, a settlement reached in which the growers rehired the UFWOC strikes and granted them a raise and substantial benefits (185).
 
On July 25, 1970, 26 Delano growers, representing 8,000 jobs and half of the state's crop, follow suit and asked for negotiations. Four days later, all of the Delano growers signed union recognition contracts (185). 

The UFWOC boycott had finally succeeded in winning for the rights of  California farmers. César Chávez had one said that "through nonviolent action in this nation and across the world...social justice can be gotten" (186). 
]]> 2017-03-23 20:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162268722 5. Third Parties (Friendly, Hostile, and Neutral or Uncommitted) crowland2013 https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162268941 The Friendly Parties
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is listed as a friendly party because Dr. King was completely behind Mr. Chavez. King even wrote a letter to Chavez expressing his admiration and solidarity. Dr. King was also an example for Chavez to follow with his military nonviolence.

Robert F. Kennedy is listed as a friendly party because he was at the mass when Chavez ended his fast. Senator Kennedy even stated that he was there for “out of respect for one of the heroic figures of our time.”
The Hostile Party
Young Men in the UFW were listed as hostile because many of them equated nonviolence with inaction or even cowardice. Many of them spoke about violence or striking back at the growers who abused them. By fighting back many young men thought they could prove how manly they were. Using the old phrase, you are not a man if you don’t fight back.

Table Grape Growers are obviously listed as hostile because they were the entire reason that the strike took place. Objectively, the growers wanted cheap labor without giving the workers contracts, benefits, or protections. From a business standpoint, this makes sense because you don’t want a lot of overhead and to pay too much to your employees so you can sell your product cheap. I am not defending this point of view, just listing why they are hostile to the strike.
The Neutral Parties
Mahatma Gandhi was a neutral party by providing an example for Chavez to follow. I listed Gandhi as a neutral party because we can’t know for sure how he would have felt. I can reasonably guess that Gandhi would have approved and even supported the nonviolent strike but seeing as he had passed I went on the safe side and listed him as neutral. Gandhi provided an example of militant nonviolence. Chavez even once quoted Gandhi by saying, “Do something! Offer your life! If you really want to do something, be willing to die for it.”]]> 2017-03-23 20:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162268941 4. The Nonviolent Struggle Group (and The Wider Grievance Group) crowland2013 https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269062 The union was going to get violent until Chavez threatened to fast. Then the union had reconsidered violent actions. "Chavez said his fast was penitence for the union's consideration of violence and that he would start eating again only after all of the strikers renewed their commitment to nonviolence." (183)

People was by Chavez side which lead the decrease of temptation of violence. " farm workers rallied by his side and the violence ceased, people gathered around him 24 hours a day and the movement wanted to become reunified." (183)

"The boycotts gradually gained the upper hand and succeeded in getting money supermarkets to stop carrying table grapes."(184)

"In February 1970, 40 growers in Coachella, California, succumbed to the protest and began negotiations with the UFWOC. After two months, a settlement was reached in which the growers rehired UFWOC strikers and granted them a raise and substantial benefits. Once the contract was signed, the Coachella growers discovered that the value of their grapes rose by 25 cents to one dollar per box, and consumers started to buy them again. "(185)

The UFWOC won their rights for California farm workers. " Using primarily nonviolent action between 1965-1970, the farm workers' struggle had grown from a small, local local action into a national union that included 20,000 farm workers under 150 grape contracts with companies that accounted for 85 percent of California's table grape market."(186)
]]> 2017-03-23 20:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269062 3. The Opponent Group crowland2013 https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269156 California farm foreman (175)
California police officials (175)
Hired security guards (175)
Kern County Sheriff Roy Galyen (176)
Schenley Industries and DiGiorgio Corporation (178)
"Mothers Against Chavez"(177)
"Citizens for Facts" (177)
Giumarra Corporation (181)
Safeway (185)
California Farm Bureau (185)
California Governor Ronald Reagan (185)
Richard Nixon (185)]]> 2017-03-23 20:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269156 2. The Issues at Stake and The Objectives of Both Parties to The Conflict crowland2013 https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269217 Chavez advocated increased wages and improved working conditions (174).

Additionally, he purposed to spread a message of dignity, respect, and justice for farm workers by calling all workers to pledge to be peaceful (175).]]> 2017-03-23 20:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269217 1. The General Conflict of The Situation crowland2013 https://padlet.com/crowland2013/5u79e3kzofiq/wish/162269324 California farm workers suffered from “abject poverty, displacement, homelessness, and extreme economic exploitation (173).”

Most of these people worked without union representation (173).

Other industries in the United States had already unionized, however “organizing efforts among farm workers were consistently defeated through physical brutality and the manipulation of braceros to break strikes (174).”
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