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42AFTER THE MERGER, THE DELANO STRIKERS MARCHED AND PICKETED WITH THEIR NEW UFWOC FLAGS AND SIGNS. THE AZTEC EAGLE SURVIVED THE MERGER INTACT.Jan 31, 2008
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43AFTER THE MERGER, THE DELANO STRIKERS MARCHED AND PICKETED WITH THEIR NEW UFWOC FLAGS AND SIGNS. THE AZTEC EAGLE SURVIVED THE MERGER INTACT.Jan 31, 2008
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44THE DIGIORGIO BOYCOTT BROUGHT AN AGREEMENT TO HOLD SECRET BALLOT ELECTIONS FOR THE COMPANY'S FARMWORKERS. THESE ELECTIONS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION AND THE BALLOT WOULD GIVE WORKERS ONE OF THREE CHOICES: "UFWOC" - "TEAMSTERS" - "NO UNION". CESAR CHAVEZ, FRED ROSS, DOLORES HUERTA AND STUDENT VOLUNTEERS GO OVER THE ELIGIBILITY LIST OF DIGIORGIO WORKERS WHO WOULD BE ENTITLED TO VOTE.Jan 31, 2008
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45THE DIGIORGIO CAMPAIGN BEGAN WITH A SERIES OF FARMWORKER RALLIES. LUIS VALDEZ WAS THE MC AND HIS SIDEKICK WAS THE GIFTED EL TEATRO MUSICIAN, AGUSTIN LIRA. WHEN LUIS VALDEZ STEPPED ONTO A FARMWORKER RALLY STAGE, HE LIT UP THE AUDIENCE. A UNIQUE TALENT WITH A LARGE AND CONFIDENT VOICE, AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH, AND WITH A LIGHTENING FAST WIT OF SELF-DEPRECATION, HE GATHERED UP THE AUDIENCE INTO THE PALM OF HIS HAND. LUIS VALDEZ, ORIGINALLY FROM DELANO, WAS A GOD-SEND VOLUNTEER TO THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT.Jan 31, 2008
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46UFWOC ORGANIZER, EDDIE PEREZ, PLAYED A DYNAMIC ROLE IN THE DIGIORGIO UNION ELECTION CAMPAIGN. HE WAS INTENSE, HIGH ENERGY, FOCUSED, AND A GIFTED COMMUNICATOR. HE WAS MOST EFFECTIVE WITH YOUNGER WORKERS.Jan 31, 2008
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47DIGIORGIO WORKERS LINE UP OUTSIDE THE POLLING PLACE, WAITING TO BE PROCESSED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION TO INSURE THEY WERE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.Jan 31, 2008
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48AN HISTORIC PHOTO! A CALIFORNIA FARMWORKER EXERCISES HIS RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO BE REPRESENTED BY A UNION AND WORK UNDER A UNION CONTRACT.Jan 31, 2008
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49AFTER THE POLLS WERE CLOSED, THE BALLOT BOXES WERE DRIVEN TO SAN FRANCISCO ACCOMPANIED BY THE ELECTION OBSERVORS REPRESENTING ALL THE PARTIES. THE BOXES WERE OPENED LATER THAT DAY AND COUNTED. CESAR CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION TO THE FARMWORKERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WHO GATHERED AT FILIPINO HALL IN DELANO, HOPING AND PRAYING FOR A VICTORY. UFWOC - 530; TEAMSTERS - 331; NO UNION - 12. SO MUCH FOR THE GROWERS STRIKE PROPAGANDA "MY WORKERS DO NOT WANT A UNION."Jan 31, 2008
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50AFTER THE VICTORY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE DELANO STRIKERS CARRY CESAR CHAVEZ ON THEIR SHOULDERS FOR A WELL-DESERVED VICTORY LAP AROUND FILIPINO HALL. VIVA LA CAUSA! VIVA LA HUELGA! VIVA CESAR CHAVEZ!Jan 31, 2008
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31IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH, THE CROWDS BECAME SO LARGE, THAT PARTS OF THE HIGHWAY HAD TO BE CLOSED TO ACCOMODATE THEM. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC EVENT.Jan 31, 2008
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32EASTER SUNDAY, 1966. CESAR CHAVEZ AND GILBERT PADILLA ON STAGE PREPARE FOR THE PROGRAM. MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT WERE ON HAND TO WELCOME THE DELANO STRIKERS AS THEY CROSSED OVER THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AND WALKED UP CAPITOL MALL TO THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. GOVERNOR PAT BROWN SNUBBED THE FARMWORKERS; HE WAS VACATIONING AT THE ESTATE OF FRANK SINATRA IN PALM SPRINGS. HE WOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR.Jan 31, 2008
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33CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO GAVE FARMWORKERS HOPE. HE EMPOWERED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT IF THEY WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF LA CAUSA, THEY WOULD HAVE A VOICE, THEY WOULD BE HEARD, THEY WOULD ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER WORKERS IN THE U.S.Jan 31, 2008
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