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| Title | Boycott Safeway |
| Creator | United Farm Workers
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| Publisher/Affiliation | United Farm Workers
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 1970 |
| Notes | Alternative title: Boycott Safeway Until They Sell Farm Worker Lettuce
Calls for: "To convince Safeway to stop buying non-union lettuce, your dollars are important! Don't spend them at stores that keep farmworkers in 19th century conditions!!!"
Quote from document: "When working in the fields of Salinas, California, a worker earns a penny for each head of lettuce he picks. What does a chain store charge for that same head of lettuce?"
Background information: "In 1962 Cesar [Chavez] founded the National Farm Workers Association, later to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). He was joined by Dolores Huerta and the union was born... By 1970 the UFW got grape growers to accept union contracts and had effectively organized most of that industry, at one point in time claiming 50, 000 dues paying members." ( The Story of Cesar Chavez. Retrieved May 11, 2004, from UFW.org. http://www.ufw.org/cecstory.htm )
Note on date: 1970 is penciled on date. |
| Intended Purpose | Mobilization
Education
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| Issue Area | Farm workers
Human rights - general
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Boycotts--United States
Agricultural laborers--United States
Human rights--United States
Labor unions--United States
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Safeway Stores, Inc.
United Farm Workers of America
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| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
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| Digital ID Number | VTN112 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | DS559.62 W3 Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection, Box 8/5 |
| Object Type | Flier
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| Physical Description | 27.5 x 21.5 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004. |
