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October 7, 1966 No. 46 EI. Malc:riado 'N NEO~~~ISH IO¢ "The Voice of t'he FarlD Worker" .~ . ierra:: e ':' '. 'officia~. '. Union .I " , 7-/ - ---, liN THIS ·ISSUE_: NEW UNITY IN LAMONT P. 3 HORRIBLE EVENT IN NEW YORK P. 4 ESQumOLES AFUERA P. 5 BOYCOTT NUMBER THREE--- PERELLI- MINETTI EL MALCRIADOGRAM P.ll GOOD NEWS FROllf SCHENLEY P. 12 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR P. 14 VIVA PAT BROWN P. 16 GILBERT PADILLA~ VICE PRESIDENT P. 20 P. 22 l'la!criado is entered as second class matter on January 14, 1966, at the Post Offic lelano, California, under the Act of March 8,1879. It is published bi-weekly at U mont, Delano, California. Subscription price is $2 a year. This is issue II LI ~ NEW BOOK P. 23 'ct.. .n:?- ? - ~ 6> -/ 'S:;'727: 1966 I' uw-::dt BUBSCRIBEDANDSWORN TO BEFORE M .1....kl,r THlll..L...D~.-'3.9PM~ ~1." . ~~w-;-:"~i:~7c~:t:",·"_J My ~ ~~~1~. IMe .ux.-or_;a;:::;-o.'i:,oe:ill-:-- t r--' ~ ~:e-:::on 19 "":~::.~.,::;~* J __, J vuu.-. z.Mr, 8a; 1060, Dllue, Cal1t. Lewis G• .td&1r, III, Bu. lO6O, Delu., Call1'. Ernest Lowe, Dick Prosten, & E. M. DRala•• ''' .~__''''l.-..a_t.Il*'I __IO_~__~ __'_''''' _ __.. _'n1Jl.ulln._'II.u),_..... _(_,JJ"."IJ,.,_4.J,.~T .... (I_S-cw.) "EI Malcriado", the Voice of the ~,:::r:- ... 1Of... OCl. __,,..,,...a-J 10,000 IJ,OOO 1._-"'- is ,, ~---- Farm Worker, an independent ____ ,,600 _,000 .ublication, and is not the "official - ',1,00 ""., c.fQI.. ,_-..._ 9,000 1wspaper" of any person or group. .. ____ (....... w."..jtf-.~Ol__ llo"" 500 1060 ·.e editors are solely responsible '.IOJ"'CIO_(""'C~D' 9,500 12,000 • all statements ¥-d views '.OMCI"'--'~_""_ 500 1,000 o.1Of... t"",•• ~.yMWI""_"'''''J 10,000 13,000 lressed here. .~ NEW .UNITY IN LAMONT The workers at DiGiorgio's 9,000 acre are still some people at DiGiorgio who do haciendo near Lamont want an election. not want a union, or who want the Teamsters. That was made obvious at a huge .rally last But the big majority want the United Farm Sunday when several hundred workers Workers. Why don't you have an election, from the ranch gathered in a Lamont aud­ Mr. DiGiorgio, like you promised? itorium for the rally. After prayers and songs, the crowd warmed up as several workers blasted DiGiorgio for the treat­ ment they had gotten out at the ranch. The juice grapes (and piece rates) were so baa. this year that many workers were averag­ ing under $1 a hour. Some were making as low as 299 an hour. Some workers spoke of the hardships of the 19301s and DiGiorgio Won't Allow Vote the reasons why the unions had failed at DiGiorgio before. Everyone'agreed that DiGiorgio announced last April that they DiGiorgiio's oldest trick, of playing off would allow their workers to vote, either one race against another would never work for or against a union. After a lot of up­ and all said the same thing: "If we all roar, striking, boycott, and pressure, stick together, we can win. And we will DiGiorgio finally held fair elections at their stick together and we will win. " Delano Ranch. The United Farm Workers won that election. A special impartial man, Cesar Chavez spoke to the workers, and named Mr. Haughton, appointed by Governor told them of his dreams: That someday Brown to set up fair rules for the election, farm workers would have .a strong union, suggested that elections also be held at with everyone united, with no discrimina­ DiGiorgio's Lamont Ranch in late October. tion as to race or religion;amd that the The Farm Workers accepted this plan. union would win decent wages and good But the Teamster-Scab Union and DiGiorgio conditions from the growers; and that the said "no". The blame rests on DiGiorgio. workers would be protected by a written If the Teamsters don't think they have a ;: contract. This dream is already becoming chance to win, they should pack their bag~;'; a reality in Delano. and go home. BUT THAT IS NO REASON --,:~. n, TO CALL OFF THE ELEGTIONS. There ':{s no reason why DiGiorgio should not allow;:, The rally ended with more songs and the \ .~; Teatro Campesino, doing a very funny skit his workers to vote. THE WORKERS :,' " of the Marriage Between DiGiorgio and the WANT TO VOTE, NOW! WHAT'S HOLD:£N Teamsters. UP THIS ELECTION? Mr. DiGiorgio, you said six months ago that you would allo EL MALCRIADO SAYS: For the first time, elections. As long as you don't even have the workers at Lamont were working to:­ enough respect f~r your other workers to _;: gether for the cause, instead of letting let them vote, we will continue to tell the:, " themselves be divided and conquered. There world exactly what we think of you. .~: T?e negotiations f~r a contract between DiGiorgio Corporation and the workers at Sierr~:: VIsta Ranch aregomg well. The workers' committee and leaders of their union the :~' Unit~d Farm Workers, will resume negotiations on October 26 with the DiGior~io officiaY~. I Any Issues not settled at these meetings will be decided by an impartial arbitrator. UniQu leaders were pleased that negotiations so far have gone so smoothly. ~ I I. ---~----~----------~~--------- __~ I .':'1. .: =; :~ :. " :' Horrible Event in New York ::" ~: : , ~ horrible event has shaken the town of the growers Jerry and Jane Brown, who Fredonia, New York, Fredonia is the had spent a summer in Delano, told the ~enter of a big wine-producing Va1J.ey which farm workers of New York what Cesar employs over 1000 workers during the har­ Chavez was doing for the farm workers in ~est. And last week, a fire broke out in California. Now the workers are working ?one of the crowded camps, and in the tragic together to form an organization strong events that followed, two farm workers enough to make the growers clean up the \yere burned to death. camps and pay decent wages, so the farm workers can live in nice homes like other ,:!:his terrible event was an "accident". It Americans. ~ the type of 'accident" that occurs every year in the labor camps all over the country, EL MALCRIADO SAYS: We join the work. because these camps are usually in such ers in New York in mourning the loss of their treeible condition. Growers often treat brother. And we salute Lares Tresjan and their horses better than their farm workers. the others who have started the union there. They give us camps fit only for pigs. New York has so many wine companies, like "Taylors". There is no reason why Many people in the Valley around Fredonia they can't treat their workers decently and are getting fed up with the awful housing and give them better wages and conditions. The the" bad wages. Lares Tresjan, a fiery workers in California are proving that, if ~ung woman from Fredonia, called a meet­ we work together, we can make the growers ing of the farm workers in the area and said treat us fairly. And in the not-too-distant that what they needed was an organization future, the eagle of the Farm Workers will ~r union, to protect them from the abuses of be flying over the big wineries in New York. ,~ .. s- . PICKING MELONS . MELONS IN'TEXAS The great march from the Rio Grande Valley to Austin is over, and the Texas Farm Workers Association is concentrating once again on,the melon strike near Rio Grande City. The strike began on June 1st, and several small growers signed contracts promising to pay $1. 25 an hour. The bigg ­ est melon grower of tpem all, La Casita Farms, raised their wage from 85¢ to $1 an hour because of the strike, but will not sign a contract or pay the full $1. 25 that the workers need. Most growers still pay 60¢­ 80¢ an hour. our' Union or Stay in, Mexico" and "Stop As the winter harvest approaches, the union Mexican National~ from Breakh-tg our is trying to convince Mexican Nationals , Strike". (green card holders) not to break the strike. Thousands cross the border e~ery morning EL MALCRIADO SAYS: The grape , an9. r.eturn home at night. We must convince strikers in Delano have this same problem .. ·· them to join us, to help us build our union. There should be a law forbidding green car~ They too will profit from the higher wages. holders from breaking a strike.and working' Bec'ause of this problem, over 50 Mexican­ on a struck ranch. They can go anywhere ~: Americans picketed in front of the Immigra­ else in the country, and there is no reason :: tion and Natura,1ization office in Roma, why they should break 9ur strike. For it :~ ~ Texas, last week. Their signs said: ".:j" oin is a crime against -thei~-American brothers;' our union or stay in Mexico" and "Stop for them 'to break, our strikes. AFUERA, Mexican Nationals from breaking our srtike. " E.SQUIROLES! ! . : ~ -., The farm worker movement in Texas is only 4 months old, but it is already rich in history, Tlie Texas Observer, an English magazine in Texas, has published a special editi'on on the melo~ strike, the ~arch to Austin, and other article~on t~e Texas: farm:work~rs~,as well as interviews with Gene Nelson, Cesar Chavez, and many of the strikers and marchers, This excellent issue is available for 50~ from the Texas Observer, 504 W.
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