Brown University

Labor: the grape war

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Abstract:
AFL-CIO president George Meany, in strong support of Cesar Chavez and the UFW, vowed to defeat the Teamsters. Meany pledged $1.6 million to support UFW strike in their effort to win California grape picker contracts back from the Teamsters.

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"Labor: the grape war" Educating Change. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:105106/

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