United Farm Workers | The Grape Strike | 2
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The Delano Grape Strike
More than six months into the delano grape strike cesar chavas's movement still face tough resistance from powerful growers. The area's 32 other growers dug in their heels uniting an opposition to the workers demands for many growers the unions represented a threat to family businesses built over decades. In june 1966 robert de jorgio invited a different union the international brotherhood of the teamsters to participate in an election at the company's delay in a grape farm. Even though nearly half the workers refused to vote the teamsters declared victory chávez immediately protested and called for the governor of california to intervene bowing to pressure from his allies.
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