THE UNITED FARMWORKERS UNION

CONDITIONS

• Unsafe working conditions, low pay and long hours
• Dangerous pesticides and unclean bathrooms

ACTIONS

• Called for a nationwide boycott to pressure grape companies
• Workers go on a strike and refuse to work

OBSTACLES

• The bracero programs were used to undercut wages and break strikes
• Could get fired/replaced if tried to join a union

ACIEVEMENTS

• California Agriculture Labor Relating Act gave workers right to choose unions and to secret ballot elections
• Protection of workers from pesticides, rise in wages, clean water and bathrooms