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Cesar Chavez — Part 16
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money into the United Farm Workers" war chest.
Therefore it seems to some that Chavez wants to
score this one on his own. The labor chiefs can't
repudiate him. That would appear to be "deserting" the
farm workers. That would appear to be rejecting a large
ethnic minority.
source, simply is to refine that boycott weapon, hone
it, cut down not only the Teamsters, the lettuce and
grape growers but also any one company he wants to hit.
“And where does-this leave the rest of the labor
movement?” asks this source. "He's building a
university and clerical following which gives him
strength far beyond his jurisdiction and membership. To
fight him and his allies means battling forces with
which we just don’t want any encounters. We have no
quarrel with them otherwise. Chavez knows this."
Chavez's transatlantic attack is unique. He has
strong support from the Swedish labor federation (LO)
which not too long ago delayed the unloading of 74 tons
of grapes at Goteborg. The word spread in Europe is
that grapes and lettuce not picked by Chavez's Black
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