Rodriguez said he ended the UFW’s third grape boycott, which began 16 years ago, because of a recent string of farm worker victories that included the elimination of many of the pesticides the ...

The UFW grape boycott started in 1965 and continued until 1970 when 40 table grape growers signed three-year contracts. In 1973, growers turned to the Teamsters for new contracts.

The legendary labor leader blazed a trail connecting working conditions, environmental damage and consumer choices.

I remember former UFW organizer Eliseo Medina speaking at Forty Acres in Delano during the 40th anniversary of the grape boycott. He was 19 and imagined Chávez as physically tall and powerful.

SUNNYSIDE — The United Farm Workers union is calling for a boycott of mushrooms from the Windmill Farms plant in Sunnyside, its first boycott in nearly 20 years. Gabriela López, a member of the ...

That’s the one you know, but there have been others. There is the Delano Grape Strike and Boycott led by César Chávez that resulted in the creation of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union.

The union called on consumers to look out for mushrooms produced from the Windmill Farms plant. This is the union's first boycott in nearly 20 years.

Have you ever been encouraged to "vote with your wallet"? From the Boston Tea Party to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the nationwide grape boycott of the 1960s, boycotts have long been a powerful ...

The 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott, the United Farm Workers’ grape boycott of the mid-’60s, and Greenpeace’s boycott of Shell in ’95 all worked—wringing major concessions from the ...

TACOMA — Workers from the Yakima Valley crossed the Cascade Mountains this week to rally support for a boycott against a mushroom company that sells products in Western Washington grocery stores.

I remember former UFW organizer Eliseo Medina speaking at Forty Acres in Delano during the 40th anniversary of the grape boycott. He was 19 and imagined Chávez as physically tall and powerful.