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Since 1962, the United Farm Workers (UFW) of America and Cesar Chavez, its founders and president, have relied on the support and compassion of the American people. In the first grape boycott, from 1965 to 1970, farm workers and UFW volunteers, including many students, successfully convinced millions of Americans to stop buying California table grapes...
...when these contracts expired and the growers illegally signed contracts with the Teamsters Union, the UFW again called on the American public to boycott grapes. Farm workers and volunteers left California and travelled across the country visiting churches, universities, community organizations, politicians and others who would listen...
...group's leaders said they formed the organization in response to a speech by labor leader Cesar Chavez last year at the Kennedy School of Government. Chavez, a leader of the UFW campaign, urged students in that speech to spread the grape boycott to Harvard...
...people who attended the meeting viewed a film produced by the UFW called "Wrath of Grapes" that depicted children who had developed cancer as a result of pesticide use. The film criticized grape producers and blamed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its lax standards...
According to UFW, a third of the 8 million pounds of pesticides used in grape production have been found to cause cancer. The UFW began its boycott on California table grapes in 1984 to protest of the use of these pesticides...