California Grape Workers’ Strike and Boycott 1965-1970 by https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe Task Force Khan-Group 5 en-us 2018-10-30 11:48:46 UTC 2026-02-08 11:11:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. General Situation hstrick22 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299632553 -Gain union representation for California farm workers (173)

-California farm workers suffered from poverty, displacement, homelessness, and extreme economic exploitation (173)

Sharp, Gene.Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Hayley Stricker


]]> 2018-11-02 00:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299632553 2. Issues and Objectives hstrick22 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299633220 -Receive equal pay, demanding pay of $1.40 an hour plus 25 cents per box of grapes picked (174)

-Dignity and rights of farm workers to be respected (174)

-Goals to include union contracts signed by the growers and laws allowing farm workers to unionize and engage in collective bargaining. (175)

Sharp, Gene.Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Hayley Stricker
]]> 2018-11-02 00:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299633220 3. Opponent Group hstrick22 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299633502 -Farm growers (174)

-Farm foremen (175)

-Kern County Sheriff, Roy Galyen (176)

-Mothers Against Chavez and Citizens for Facts (177)

-Schenley Industries (179)

-DiGiorgio Corporation (179)

-Giumarra Corporation (181)

-Safeway, largest West Coast grocery store (184)

-Large lobbying grocery stores (180)

-California Farm Bureau (185)

-President Nixon (185)

-California Governor Ronald Reagan (185)

Sharp, Gene.Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Hayley Stricker

]]> 2018-11-02 00:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299633502 4. Nonviolent Struggle Group hstrick22 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299634062 -Farm workers (173)

-Domestic Filipino and Mexican American grape pickers (174)

-Larry Itliong, AWOC organizer (174)

-Cesar Chavez and his Mexican-based National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) (174)

-International Longshoremen’s AND Warehousemen’s Union (178)

Sharp, Gene.Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Hayley Stricker
]]> 2018-11-02 00:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299634062 5. Third Parties hstrick22 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299634292 -David Havens, a local clergyman (176)

-Students, church representatives, civil rights activists, members of urban labor unions (177)

-National Council of Churches (179)

-United Auto Workers (179)

-Senate Subcommitee on Migratory Labor (179)

-California Governor, Pat Brown (181)

John Birch Society (184)

Senator Robert Kennedy (184)

Sharp, Gene.Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Hayley Stricker
 
]]> 2018-11-02 00:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299634292 6. Dependency Balance hstrick22 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299634431 Picketers were tempted to use violence when hired security joined the campaigns, in hopes to intimidate the strikers. (175)

Three days of public hearings that brought national attention to the movement. (179)

Sharp, Gene.Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Hayley Stricker



]]> 2018-11-02 00:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/299634431 3. Opponent Group https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/300278328 -Farm Foremen (175): The farm foreman reacted violently to the strike and went as far as beating them. They also hired security guards to join in their intimidation campaign.

-Sheriff Roy Galyen (176): The sheriff was opposed to the strike because of the outbreaks of violence that occurred as it went on (despite Chavez's insistence on nonviolence). Galyen wanted strikers arrested.

-Mothers Against Chavez (177): This was a group created by the growers when they realized that the strikers were gaining power and they needed to form their own groups to counter protest. These counter protests had little impact.

-DiGiorgio Corporation (179): This corporation was opposed to the strike because of the boycott against them. They were having a financial setback due to the boycott.

-Ronald Reagan (185): Reagan used his political allies such as the Board of Agriculture, to hurt the strike. The Board launched a public relations campaign to discredit the boycott. California was being impacted financially by the strikers and Reagan wanted it stopped.

-Richard Nixon (185): Nixon had similar interests as Reagan, and labeled the boycott "illegal."

Sharp, Gene. Waging Nonviolent Struggle. East Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc., 2005.

Lizzie Siwica]]> 2018-11-05 00:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/300278328 California Grape Workers Strike janellewilson725 https://padlet.com/hstrick22/p7qqjle260qe/wish/300303990
“On August 3, 1967, 1,200 workers walked out of Giumarra’sfields.” [Sharp 182]

“Student volunteers, as well as 50 strikers, were trained and sent to a handful of cities nationwide to call for a boycott on six Giumarralabels.” [Sharp 182]

“Three dozen mayors and city councils across the country endorsed the strike” [Sharp 183]

“Giumarraresponded…to ship its products under 100 different labels used by other, nonboycottedfarms. This mislabeling campaign caused widespread confusion among consumers” [Sharp 182]


“Some supermarket chains also ceased buying grapes out of fear of secondary boycotts against them.” [Sharp 183]

Janelle Wilson


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