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...summer, there were no more UFW picketers outside A&P stores in the Boston area, and at least two of its branches in Cambridge were selling iceberg lettuce with the United Farmworkers seal on it. There was no formal agreement between A&P and the UFW, unlike its arrangements with Boston's four other major food chains, but UFW supporters regarded the outcome of their 15-month boycott of A&P as a victory...
Boycott Gallo Wines: Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers, is coming to Cambridge to help put a full-scale Boston-area boycott of Gallo products into high gear. The UFW leader, who has guided a long battle to win the rights of California farm workers, will take part in a demonstration Saturday at 1:30 p.m. by the Fresh Pond Shopping Center. Last year Gallo signed a sweetheart contract with the Teamsters in an effort to escape facing a struggle with the UFW over workers' rights, but the tactic hasn't been very successful. The Gallo boycott...
Chavez was unavailable for comment yesterday, but UFW sources said that his appearance on the printer's picket line would not be unusual...
Cesar Chavez, director of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), may picket with striking Harvard printers during his visit to Boston next week, local UFW leaders who are organizing Chavez's trip said yesterday...
Chavez will be in Boston for three days beginning August 2 as part of a nine-day tour of New England. During his trip he will also lead a demonstration in support of UFW's boycott of A&P Food Stores and attend a benefit dinner with United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller at Boston College...