DIGIORGIO FARMWORKER ELECTION
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AUGUST 30, 1966 - AN HISTORICAL DAY IN CALIFORNIA FARM LABOR HISTORY
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ELIGIBLE DIGIORGIO WORKERS FILE IN TO REGISTER AND CAST THEIR BALLOT IN A SECRET BALLOT UNION ELECTION
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AN HISTORIC PHOTO: A CALIFORNIA MEXICAN FARMWORKERS CASTS HIS BALLOT IN A SECRET BALLOT UNION ELECTION - A FIRST!!
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AN HISTORIC PHOTO: A CALIFORNIA FARMWORKER CASTS HIS VOTE IN A SECRET BALLOT UNION ELECTION - A FIRST !!
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THE DIGIORGIO UNION ELECTION WAS ORGANIZED AND OVERSEEN BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION
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CESAR CHAVEZ PRAISES THE DELANO STRIKERS FOR WINNING THE DIGIORGIO SECRET BALLOT ELECTIONS.
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CESAR CHAVEZ WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT THE ELECTION RESULTS, HE NEEDED A CIGARETTE TO CALM HIS NERVES.
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CESAR CHAVEZ READS THE RESULTS OF THE DIGIORGIO SECRET BALLOT ELECTION - THE UFW WON !!
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TALLY OF THE RESULTS OF THE DIGIORGIO SECRET BALLOT UNION ELECTION: UFW - 530 / TEAMSTERS - 331 / NO UNION - 12.
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AFTER WINNING THE DIGIORGIO ELECTION, CESAR CHAVEZ IS HOISTED ON THE SHOULDERS OF STRIKERS AND PARADED AROUND FILIPINO HALL
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THE DELANO STRIKERS ARE OVERCOME WITH JOY AND RELIEF AT THE UNION ELECTION RESULTS. WINNING THIS SECRET BALLOT ELECTION LEGITIMIZES THEIR UNION AND NEVER AGAIN CAN THE DELANO GROWERS SAY "MY WORKERS DO NOT WANT A UNION"
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FORMER AWOC LEADER AND NOW UFW BOARD MEMBER, ANDY IMUTAN, LED THE MARCH AROUND FILIPINO HALL.
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