Today's Labor Quote: Cesar Chavez

​“The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.”

Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers of America, which on this date in 1996 reached agreement with Bruce Church, Inc. on a contract for 450 lettuce harvesters, ending a 17-year-long boycott. The pact raised wages, provided company-paid health benefits to workers and their families, created a seniority system to deal with seasonal layoffs and recalls, and established a pesticide monitoring system. 

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