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Grape Boycott Picket

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Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott sign that says, "Don't Buy Grapes" and a bullhorn in the parking lot of Kroger Supermarket. He is facing Bill Smith, a union organizer with Obreros Unidos, on the left, who is pointing towards the bullhorn. Grape boycotts in Wisconsin were organized by the local farm-worker labor union, Obreros Unidos (United Workers) an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s.Piquete del boicot de uvas Ernesto Chacón, un organizador del boicot de uva en Milwaukee, está vestido en una chaqueta, con lentes de sol, y un collar alrededor de su cuello. Está sosteniendo un letrero de United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO para el boicot de uvas que dice "No Compren Uvas" ("Don't Buy Grapes") y un megáfono mientras en el estacionamiento del supermercado Kroger Supermarket. Está cara a cara con Bill Smith, un organizador sindicalista con Obreros Unidos, que está a la izquierda y señalando al megáfono. Los boicots de uva en Wisconsin fueron organizados por el sindicato local de trabajadores agrícolas, Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960.

Date Created:
1968
Creator:
Giffey, David

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Giffey, David
Date Created
1968

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COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W01451O
Legacy ID
WHi 89914

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