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April 1986.
Led by Cesar Chavez, over 2000 farm workers and supporters march
from Granger to
Yakima
to protest low wages. |
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April 1986.
Led by Cesar Chavez, over 2000 farm workers and supporters march
from Granger to
Yakima
to protest low wages. |
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April 1986.
Cesar Chavez speaks to farm workers and supporters after a march
from Granger to
Yakima
to protest low wages. |
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1987. Asparagus
field in central
Washington
. Notice the ditch dug by the
grower along the front of the field, keeping the workers from parking
along the field. |
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1987. Asparagus
strike. The grower dug a ditch
so the striking workers could not park.
The grower lost his entire harvest rather than negotiate. |
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September
1987. First anniversary of the
founding of the United Farm Workers of Washington State.
From left to right: Manuel Cortez, Vice President, Bill Nicasio,
Secretary and Tomás Villanueva, President. |
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Septermber
1987. Left, Bill Nicasio.
Right, Tomás Villanueva. Celebrating
the union’s first anniversary at the KDNA gounds in Granger, Washington. |
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1987. Workers picket outside of—and
occupy—the Office of Employment and Security in
Yakima
to demand a meeting with Governor Booth Gardener.
The Apple Commission had lured hundreds of workers to Washington
State from the Southern US with the promise of jobs, yet the conditions
for the existing workers were already sub-standard and unemployment
already high. |
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1987. Farm
worker demonstration at the Yakima Office of Employment and Security to
demand a meeting with Governor Booth Gardner. |
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1987.
Farm worker demonstration at the Yakima Office of Employment and
Security to demand a meeting with Governor Booth Gardner. |
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1987. Farm
worker demonstration at the Yakima Office of Employment and Security to
demand a meeting with Governor Booth Gardner. |
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1987. Farm
worker demonstration at the Yakima Office of Employment and Security to
demand a meeting with Governor Booth Gardner. |
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1987.
Maria Morfín and here daughter Teresa at a farm worker
demonstration at the Yakima Office of Employment and Security to demand a
meeting with Governor Booth Gardner. |
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1987.
Demonstration at the
Yakima
Office of Employment and Security. Woman
on left: Ninfa Gutiérrez, a free lance photographer and reporter.
Man in wheelchair: Jesse Farias, the regional administrator for
employment security. |
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1987. Demonstration
at the
Yakima
Office of Employment and Security. Front
row from left to right: Bill Nicasio, George Finch, Ninfa Gutiérrez and
Jesse Farias. |
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1987.
Tomás Villanueva and workers at the Yakima Office of Employment
and Security. |
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1987.
March in protest of the Washington State Apple Commission at
Miller
Park
in
Yakima
,
Washington
. |
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1987. March
in protest of the Washington State Apple Commission and housing conditions
at
Miller
Park
in
Yakima
,
Washington
. |
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1988.
Children of workers participate in the picket line during a weekend
picket line at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in
Woodinville
,
Washington
. |
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1988. Boycott
picketing line at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in
Woodinville
,
Washington
. |
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1989.
Seattle
Press Conference on Chateau Ste. Michelle.
Joined by Mike Lowry and held at the Plymouth Congressional Church
on the corner of University and
6th Avenue
in
Seattle
. |
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1989.
Tomás Villanueva picketing at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery. |
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1989.
Workers picket against Chateau Ste. Michelle in front of the Puget Sound
Food Co-op. |
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1989. Workers
picket against Chateau Ste. Michelle in front of the Puget Sound Food
Co-op. Raul Garcia, in front,
was later fired for trying to organize. |
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1989. Picketing
against Chateau Ste. Michelle in front of the Puget Sound Co-op.
In front is Elias Mendoza, followed by Raul Garcia.
Both were fired because of their strong union support.
Elias died very suddenly, and when Chateau Ste. Michelle signed
their first contract, they named their Ranch Committee after Elias. |
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1989. Elias
Mendoza picketing against Chateau Ste. Michelle in front of the Puget
Sound Co-op. |
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1989.
Seattle
Press Conference on Chateau Ste. Michelle.
Joined by Mike Lowry and held at the Plymouth Congressional Church
on the corner of University and
6th Avenue
in
Seattle
. |
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1989.
One of many Tardeadas conducted by the United Farm Workers of
Washington State as an organizing tool and fundraiser.
They included tacos, music, mariachis and speakers. |
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| Photographs and captions courtesy
of Tomás
Villanueva |
