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Gallo was originally expected to come to Cambridge Wednesday, but yesterday evening the Farmworkers learned of his change in plans, Pam Long, a spokesman for the UFW, said last night...
...Gallo proposal, which was offered by members of the Harvard-Radcliffe United Farmworkers Support Committee, asks that CHUL endorse "the legal boycott of establishments continuing to retail Gallo wines" and urge "each branch of this university to honor the UFW boycott...
...long run (through union demands for employment security, higher health and safety standards and increased worker control over hiring, firing and speed of work). Therefore, Gallo wineries is just acting in its own self-interest--no amount of pleading can convince them that recognition of the UFW is the "right" thing to do. The only way for the farm workers to win any of their basic rights is to put economic and political pressure on the company...
...response to Gallo's effort to crush the UFW, the union has called for a national boycott of Gallo wine...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Support Committee supports the boycott of Gallo wines for three main reasons. First, we believe that all workers have a right to choose their own union in free election. Second, we feel that all evidence points to the fact that the UFW is the farm workers' choice. Third, we believe that farm workers should be supported in their-struggle against bad working conditions, poor material benefits, and racism. We have gone to stores in the Harvard Square area, asking them to stop selling Gallo wine, and all have agreed except the Harvard provision Co. The boycott can only...