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 ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- In time for Thanksgiving, the United Farm Workers union ended its 16-year ''Wrath of Grapes'' boycott Tuesday -- halting the longest of its three California table grape boycotts. UFW ...

Delano grape strike and boycott veterans will be among those attending ... grape workers did what many thought was impossible,” UFW President Arturo Rodriguez said. “They took on the mightiest ...

Giumarra Vineyards Corp., California’s largest table grape grower, was among those boycotted both nationally and globally by the UFW in the late ... meet to settle the boycott and strike.

It is considered one of the most successful union boycotts ever – 12 percent of Americans said they avoided eating grapes during the boycott, and by 1970, most major grape growers had UFW ...

The UFW picketed grocery stores ... is so crucial. The Farm Worker's grape boycott went on for three years, partially because it was relatively easy for consumers to eat something other than ...

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.

The union’s last boycott was E. & J. Gallo Winery in California in 2005, UFW organizer Roman Pinal said. The union called on consumers to look out for mushrooms produced in Sunnyside and sold in ...