The official Doice of the United Farmworkers . , . ., -September 15, 1972 ) ! ! / ) / ./" ~";,,.~---- ~ ~b\~ WeJ\) we1ve go+the douqh .. Now fl\ld d \respec r +ir"" -m cio the.. Job ct geitlY'lg -\-lI\\$ iniiialiv£ on co 00 ~~---(-Af'-.l.~\. FEATUJRING lEt' lH1~ 11 EA~1ITE: l?LAN tORTIlE LIBERA.TION OF aRM WORKIRS b~ Clsat C.havez. p.5 . :: Dear sisters and brothers: The time has come for us to reflect seriously on the meaning of our movement. Starting with this edition of EL MALCRIADO our brother, Cesar Chavez, writes his thoughts on the ideals of La Causa, starting with the Plan for the Liberation of Farm Workers. 1 am asking that you read his words carefully, think about them and let them become part of you. Our struggles against the growers, the Farm Bureau and other reactionary forces are intensifying. Our enemies are doing everything possible to divide us and destroy our Union. To defeat them we need the inspiration and the clarity of vision Cesar's words give us. Read them and put them into practice~ SI SE PUEDE, r------,-.. ----- !to w~ MA"E. ~ OF OUI4~L.VE::~ AND 'T'~~! AfZ.E OCGUP"'­ ~N··/IZ~~ ~--_.... 1"IO/'j~ I-V'\1A~06! r.STICIOes, WHlOot ~~ 6O~~'T1~ ~ED DIU"TL."1 O/'j wOIt"~,,S, (;ON1"\ZIE7U 1"'~ '10 OVER. 800 ~THS e.v~A.'" '16"'''. AGEl., 8IZUCG .......P 'JiM, OF THe e€a1'£L.e-f OFFICE., UNITED F~ WORl'oal6. 8IJT ~ flANCHfjl.';> IN ~ltONA. SCc..oHOAIl."f ecv­ U~&6 "fOlJ seE ~£' A'£~ ~ ~ UIT6 wrT~ e.cr,.S AAE .t.Ul£AO'I .........L. eA~L.," ON THE: Rt.O(IIoIC1 Cll.AfE"I\ H~"I ~EI'oIP6' IN CAI..I~I4""IA. THI' NO\Ie-M~~ ,£" l3OBfOfool L.£TTuc.E INST~ ~O'T WII.L. ....~OE" A PltOl"OGrTlo"" W"'I'~, II: PAS~D. WOUI..D: ,.. 0IJ1"I..AW 56c.ONo.t.~ 6O'tCOfts ..PIU<V~NT ~IKEG OUR.""" t-IAA\lEIOT· TlMG, WH£N THEV ~ ~ e>FF"''TI'IE ..* OI6eNFlO:MI~SE. M~NoIT 1 - (I.i., MOST) FA~ ...flaM !JIllION a.ECf1OND. BE IT TI-lEREFORE RESOLVED, that TUCSON, ARIZONA, jerry Robinett, 80V~OTr the American G.I. Forum of the United LETTUCE Boycott Organizer: States, assembled in annual convention, affirm its support of the boycott of ice­ ". .. To the thousands who are working berg lettuce as a legitimate nonviolent MONTANA State AFL-CIO, long, tough hours on the Lettuce Boycott tactic to bring justice to the lettuce work­ please accept our deepest thanks. Every­ Executive Board: ers; WASHINGTON, D.C. : one here knows that without your help the "••• WHEREAS, backed by the powerful Union's foothold in Arizona may just be­ American Farm Bureau, repressive state The United States National Student As­ come a memory, EL MALeRIADO sociation passed a resolution calling for ..One way we have of defying this ant i­ laws have been passed or are being sought Published every two weeks as the to destroy the ability of the UFW to nation-wide organizing for the United Farm farmworker law is by wearing Boycott effectively represent farmworkers, Workers Lettuce Boycott as "a legitimate Lettuce buttons and having Boycott Let­ Official voice of the: RESOLVED, that we urge all our members tactic to bring justice to the lettuce work­ tuce bumper stickers on our cars. UNITED FARM WORKERS and friends to refrain from buying "ice­ ers". AFL-CIO berg" (head) lettuce which does not have the Black Eagle UFW label imprinted on the LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, American • sack in which the lettuce is offered for OHIO Governor john j. Gilligan: GI Forum of the U.S., 24th Annual National La Paz P.O. Box 62 sale." Convention. Resolutions Committee: Keene, California 93531 ". 1 think we can say very explicitly • and very candidly that the struggle of WHEREAS, the lettuce growers have re­ No' subscription orders accepted PENNSYLVANIA Governor Milton j. Shapp: Cesar Chavez and his people is our struggle. fused either to grant secret ballotelections Bulk order of 50 prepaid only $5.00 We. participate in it totally. Their effort or enter into good faith. negotiations with Please specify ", ,,I hereby direct that all State is our effort and we share fully with them their workers; . Departments, Boards, Commissions and in everything they hope to achieve. Spanish or English edition Agencies cease purchasing Iceberg Lettuce, Beginning now, we're not going to buy " •.• WHEREAS, the United Farm Work· and in its place purchase Endive, Chicory, anymore lettuce. We'll bUy bib lettuce. ers is currently boycotting iceberg lettuCe . Escarole, Romaine, Bibb, Boston or Leaf We're not going to buy anymore iceberg in order to bring about justice and dig­ Lettuce:' lettuce. nity for over 20,000 lettuce workers; and 2 • September IS, 1972 • EL MALCRIADO , . I I I 11111 11111 1 11 I _1111111 .. I 1111 111111'111111 1111 111 111.. • •• 111 II Cesar Announces Series of Massive Farm Worker Rallies Against Proposition 22 LA PAZ, California -- Cesar Chavez, Director of our Union, announced a series of massive rallies to be held this month in order to inform farmworkers about the latest developments regarding Proposition 22 and how to defeat it. "Proposition 22 is a shameful fraud on the part of the growers and labor con­ tractors, w~o want to !lestroy our Union," declared Cesar. "That is why we are asking all of our members to join us in the demonstrations and rallies against this proposition." Rally in Delano September 16 On september 16 at 8:00 p.m. our Union will sponsor the first of the rallies against Proposition 22 at the Delano High SChool stadium. Union members w1ll also cele­ brate the seventh anniversary of the be­ ginning of the Grape Strike. There will be a procession of flags accompapied by drums and trumpets. All ranch committees, the different depart" ments of our movement in Delano, and the different minority groups who form our Union's membership are invited to participate with flags and banners repre· senting your dele~ation. Our brother Cesar Chavez will be pre· sent to speak to us on Proposition 22. General Meeting in Salinas on September 20 Union members and strikers from all over the Salinas Valley will join Cesar Chavez at the rodeo stadium in Salinas, September 20 at 8:00 p.m. You are in­ vited to bring your flags and banners just as you did during the strike in 1970. Our Union Director will speak to us about Proposition 22 and how to defeat this filthy attack on our Union by the Farm Bureau and the growers. Don't miss this VICTORY AGAINST COCHISE FARMS. Elfrida, Arizona-- Our brothers, peach wh~ event. Together we shall win. pickers struck ,Coochise Farms July 17 won a major victory when the com-: pany recogmzed the Umon. Negotiations are scheduled to start next month. J Sl SE PL'EDE. Yrn~S STR IKE To extend UNION HITS AT IMPORTATION Union benefits to other workers DELANO, California -- The 300 workers of White Rivers Farms, originallySChenley OF SUGAR CANE CUTTERS but now a subsidiary of a lat"ge oil company, struck the company August 28 after the company refused to bargain in good faith on a new contract. PLANT CITY, Florida -- Our Union is demanding that the U.S. Labor Depart­ The workers of White River Farms were ment stop the importation of JamaHcan the first workers to win a Union contract ()~ sugar cane workers by growers, while in 1966 and they are determined not to lose thousands of local farm workers are un­ it. -.IIIi!l._ .. I~, _.- _ _ _ .~ employed. Negotiations had seemed to be going The same demand is being made to the smoothly until the company declared it ~~- large sugar cane producers in Florida, would not accept the "joint venture" clause '.- ""'--- ---- Dear members: along with a request that they recognize in the new contract which provides for the 90,000 the Union and negotiate collective bar­ extension of the contract to any new prop­ The Executive Board of our Union at its gaining agreements. erties acquired by the company. The monthly meeting in August 1972 voted to put In a recent letter to 5ecretaryofLabor workers warned the company they would a referendum to the vote of you, the mem­ James P. Hodgson, Union Director Cesar go out on strike on Monday the 28th if a bers, on the follOWing three items: Chavez said the U. S. government was vio­ satisfactory agreement was not reached Signatures by then. lating federal law by importingforeign cane (1) To seek authorization by referendum cutters without first exhausting all efforts Later, the company also said it needed vote empowering the Executive Board to to hire domestic workers. to discuss four more clauses dealing with to Sack Jack issue a call for a founding convention of "Allowing the giant agribusiness inter­ Union securi ty, grievance procedures, man­ our new Union in 1973: ests which control Florida's sugar cane agement rights and savings. The workers industry to harvest their crops with foreign are especially opposed to any changes that (2) To seek authorization by referendum workers at substandard wages and unsafe would affect job security and the resolving vote empowering the Executive Board to and unsanitary working conditions will of grievances. PHOENIX, Arizona A total of 90,000 signatures have been gathered in the drive draft a proposed Constitution which will further depress the liVing standards of According to the members of the Ranch be submitted for consideration at saidfound­ domestic workers who are ready, willing Committee, Refugio Guaj ardo, Jesus Gua­ to recall Governor Jack Williams, according to Jim Drake, director of the recall effort.