THE UNITED FARM WORKERS

CONDITIONS

• Workers were payed less than they deserved
• There were unsafe working conditions i.e pesticides

ACTIONS

• All of America did not buy grapes
• Chavez went on a hunger strike for 25 days

OBSTACLES

• Sexual harassment and intimidation
• The braceros until they ended in1964

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Agricultural labor relations act of 1975 gave workers the right to secret ballot elections to choose a union and required growers to bargain with unions that won the election
• End to abusive system of labor contracting