Farm Worker Victories
• Farm
worker activism continued alongside the protests on
campus and in Seattle. In the 1980s the United
Farm Workers launched a campaign to organize workers
in the state’s wine industry.
• After a long boycott, the UFW and Chateau
Ste. Michelle winery signed the first union contract for
farm workers in Washington state.
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• Rosalinda Guillen was the principal
organizer of the successful Chateau Ste.
Michelle campaign.
Rosalina Guillen was
working at a bank when she heard of the Chateau Ste. Michelle campaign. She quit
her job to become an organizer for the farm workers union. (1.4 min)