But while the Teamsters insisted that workers preferred them over the UFW, according to a 1975 report by the Ann Arbor Sun (posted at Ann Arbor District Library), the Teamsters wouldn't even allow membership meetings, with one Teamster official claiming in 1975 that 'l'm not sure how effective a union can be when it's composed of Mexican-Americans. Ultimately, this went against the 1967 agreement made between the Teamsters and the UFW, in which the Teamsters agreed to leave the unionizing of field workers to the UFW.

The Gallo Grapes boycott is a long running fight. It's estimated that at least 170 lettuce growers signed 'sweetheart' contracts, which are agreements reached without the consent of the workers, per 'A Political Education Project Report' (also posted at UCSD). Image of people picketing in support of the UFW from the February 1975 issue of the Boston Union Teacher. And although the UFW repeatedly asked for workers to have secret ballot elections, this request was ignored and up to 200 contracts were signed with the Teamster union in the summer of 1970, according to 'Straight Talk on the Lettuce Strike,' posted at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

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