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Teamster official blamed for ordering violence: factfinders for Fitzsimmons make charges

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Contributor:
Yneis, Dick (creator)
Subject:
Agricultural laborers
Strikes and lockouts
Teamsters
United Farm Workers
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2 p.

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Ralph Cofner, head of the Teamster's Coachella Valley Operation, was accused, by members of the Teamsters, of ordering them to commit violence against UFW strikers. An employee of the Teamsters recounts being threatened and was beaten himself on the behalf of Cofner.

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Yneis, Dick, "Teamster official blamed for ordering violence: factfinders for Fitzsimmons make charges " Educating Change. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:105140/

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    Educating Change

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