UFW Illinois Boycott: Chicago Office Records 19 linear feet (19 SB) , bulk

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1 UFW Illinois Boycott: Chicago Office Records 19 linear feet (19 SB) , bulk Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Finding aid written by Meghan McGowan on July 6, Accession Number: LR Creator: Acquisition: Language: Access: Use: United Farm Workers of America This collection was donated to the Reuther Library by Eliseo Medina, Felix Ybarra, and Chester Ruiz between 1970 and Material entirely in English. Collection is open for research. Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials. Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor. Notes: Citation style: UFW Illinois Boycott: Chicago Office Records, Box [#], Folder [#], Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University Related Material: UFW Boycott Central Records, UFW Office of the President: Cesar Chavez Records, Michigan Farm Worker Ministry Coalition Records, David Cohen Papers; also see individual state boycott collections. Separated Material: An audio cassette, containing Cesar Chavez at a press conference in 1969, has been transferred to the Reuther s audiovisual department. PLEASE NOTE: Folders in this collection are not necessarily arranged in any particular order. The box folder listing provides an inventory based on their original order. Subjects may be dispersed throughout the collection.

2 Abstract The UFW Illinois Boycott was a part of the nationwide boycotts that the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) spearheaded during the mid 1960s and 1970s. These boycotts aimed to end the sale of non-union grapes and lettuce. The main duty of the Chicago office, which was led by Eliseo Medina, was to enlist support for the striking farm workers by soliciting donations, spreading information, and directing the boycott of specific stores within Illinois. This collection contains flyers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, legislative reports, newsletters, rosters, and field organizing notes. Additionally, this collection contains some material about the Teamsters. Important Subjects: Boycotts United States International Brotherhood of Teamsters Migrant labor United States United Farm Workers of America Important Names: Chavez, Cesar, Huerta, Dolores, Medina, Eliseo, Arrangement Folders are listed by their location within each box. Boxes one through five were arranged alphabetically. Boxes six through eighteen have been kept in original order. 2

3 Box 1 1 Amalgamated Clothing Textiles Workers Union (ACTWU), J.P. Stevens Co. 2 AFL-CIO endorsement of boycotts, AFL-CIO, Region 1 4 Agbayani retirement village, opening, Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB), California, Almaden Vineyards, contract, Amalgamated Meat Cutters 8 American Farm Bureau Federation, publications 9 Bud Antle/Dow Chemical 10 Archdiocese of Chicago 11 Arizona Ecumenical Council Truth Squad Arizona labor law/cec fast, Assembly Bill 1 California, 1975 ALRB 14 Assembly Bill 3370 California, Board meeting reports Chicago to UFW 16 Boycott clippings national 17 Boycott office Chicago closing, May Bracero Program, 1970s 19 Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, 1970s 20 Toronto, clippings, statements, articles, 1970s 21 Canadian solidarity dinner, Peter Matthiessen Cesar Chavez, June Chicago Board of Rabbis, correspondence, clippings, flyers 24 Churches, articles 25 Church bulletins Chicago area 26 Church bulletins Chicago area 27 Churches, correspondence 28 Churches, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, press releases, clippings 29 Coachella grape boycott organizing drive, 1970s 30 Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), 1970s 31 Coca Cola Co., correspondence, contract 32 Constitutional conventions, 1973, La Paz correspondence to Chicago Residents 34 La Paz correspondence 35 La Paz correspondence 36 Correspondence, general 37 Correspondence, internal 38 Correspondence, labor unions 39 Correspondence Chicago, newspapers, media, 1970s 40 Correspondence, out-going, Chicago office 41 Correspondence, CEC, 1970s Box 2 1 Court cases, Court cases, Fisher Foods, Inc. 3 Court cases, Fox Grocery 4 Court cases, K.K. Larson 3

4 5 Court cases, Logan Valley, right to picket 6 Day Without Sunshine PBS documentary, Delano Grape Strike 8 Delano Six Growers, correspondence, leaflets, posters 9 Department of Defense, Bud Antle lettuce strike 10 Elections, activities 11 Endorsements, labor and civil rights organizations 12 Endorsements, Religious denominations Illinois and Indiana 13 Farah strike, protests 14 Farm Labor Aid Committee, correspondence, flyers 15 Farm labor organizing, booklet, history of 16 Farm Worker Week, 1970s 17 Federal Trade Commission, court records, clippings, publications 18 Federated Department Stores boycott, Fighting For Our Lives sponsor requests, correspondence, memos 20 Fisher Foods, Inc., press releases 21 Florida, articles, clippings, correspondence, 1970s 22 Free Marketing Council, pamphlets, press releases 23 FreshPict, contracts, information 24 Fundraiser film, The Mirages Fundraising Chicago 26 Gallo Boycott, clippings, articles, Giumarra Vineyards, elections, Grape negotiations, Grape strike, news clippings, correspondence, flyers, Grape strike, news clippings, correspondence, flyers, Grape strike, news clippings, correspondence, flyers, Growers information, Guild Wineries, boycott, 1970s 34 Health information farm workers 35 Heublein, Inc., information 36 House meeting outline, Illinois churches 38 Illinois Farm Worker Ministry 39 Illinois Farm Worker Ministry 40 Illinois Governor, Dan Walker Box 3 Illinois regions (Decatur, Champaign-Urbana, Rock Island, Normal, McComb, 1 Springfield), flyers, correspondence, lists 2 Illinois Legislative support statements, Illinois minimum wage law, Illinois, Peoria 5 Indiana, Bloomington 6 Indiana, Ft. Wayne, South Bend, Indianapolis, east Chicago, flyers, correspondence 7 Indiana, Kokomo, Lafayette, correspondence, flyers, court documents, mid 1970s 8 Indiana Migrant Conference, Interfaith Committee Chicago, correspondence, flyers, mid 1970s 10 Inter Harvest, Inc. contracts, studies, reports 4

5 Iowa, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, correspondence., flyers, newsletters, 11 clippings 12 Iowa, general information 13 Jewel, fast by Roberta Acuna, 6-21 to 7-7, Jewel Food Stores boycott, 1970s 15 Jewel Food Stores, correspondence 16 Jewel Food Stores, protests, 1970s 17 Jewel stockholders meeting, correspondence, clippings, Labor Coalition on Public Utilities 19 Labor Committee Chicago office, flyers, correspondence, clippings 20 Labor unions, general correspondence 21 Leaflets, early 1970s 22 Leaflets, mid 1970s 23 Legal rights picketing 24 Legislation, late 60s early 1970s 25 Letters to Governor Edmund Brown (State Bill 813 secret ballot) 26 Lettuce strike, correspondence, flyers, clippings, articles, 1970s 27 Lettuce strike, correspondence, flyers, clippings, articles, 1970s 28 Lutheran Church of America 29 Migrant Legal Action Program (MLAP), monthly reports, McDonalds Corporation 31 March on Jewel, 5/10/75 32 March on Jewel, 11/7-8/75 33 Methodists, - Illinois Conference 34 Midwest Mobilizing Conference, Minnesota Minneapolis, St. Paul 36 Monthly pledges letters 37 O.P. Murphy Campaign, National Assembly of Women Religious 39 National Farm Workers Health Group 40 National Farm Workers Ministry (NFWM), newsletters, 1970s 41 National Farm Workers Ministry (NFWM), newsletters, 1970s Box 4 1 National Farm Workers Service Center (NFWSC), information and grants, National Federation of Priests Councils, circa NLRB, National Tea Company, Newsletters, national, regional local 6 Newsletters, national, regional local 7 Newsletters, national, regional local 8 Newsletters, national, regional local 9 Newsletters, national, regional local 10 Newsletters, national, regional local 11 Newsletters, national, regional local 12 Newsletters, national, regional local 13 Newsletters, national, regional local 14 Ohio Cleveland, Dayton, correspondence, flyers, clippings, mid 1970s 15 Opposition articles, news clippings, national publications 5

6 16 Opposition materials UFW rebuttal to Gallo 17 OSHA Migrant Housing guidelines, Picket injunctions, court documents 19 Press releases, national and Chicago area 20 Proposition 14 [California] 21 Purex Corp., information, brands (FreshPict) 22 Readings, educational materials 23 Road to Delano American Farm Bureau Film, transcript, Safeway Boycott 25 Si Se Puede! Chicago Boycott News, Solidarity Dinner Feb 1972, program 27 Solidarity Theater Pass It On Apr Spanish Speaking Peoples Study Commission 29 Staff meeting, minutes 30 State standards and guidelines bilingual/bicultural education 31 Subsidies for Growers 32 Sun Maid, organizing documents 33 Support Proposals, religious organizations 34 Supporters meetings, committees, minutes 35 Teaching materials, elementary schools 36 Teacher Unions support (AFT) 37 Teamsters, articles, correspondence, conflict info., press releases, Teamsters, articles, correspondence, conflict info., press releases, Teamsters, articles, correspondence, conflict info., press releases, Box 5 1 Tri-State Farm Workers Support Committee, meeting notices, flyers 2 Typhoid Florida newspapers 3 Typhoid Florida newspapers 4 Union contracts Chicago area 5 UAW Region 4, correspondence 6 UFW legislative position and campaign 7 UFW Second Constitution Convention 8 United Steel Workers of America, District 31, East Chicago, flyers, correspondence 9 University support, Chicago area schools 10 Volunteer committees, correspondence 11 Wisconsin Milwaukee, Madison, committee minutes, flyers, correspondence 12 Wisconsin research on farm workers 13 Yuma Lemon Strike, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area, USDA Market News, shipping information Chicago area,

7 Box 6 Box 7 1 Correspondence and boycott information, Campaign against Jewel, correspondence, Correspondence and notes with politicians, Correspondence, Hate mail, undated 6 Memos, s 7 Staff meeting minutes, Staff weekly reports, President's newsletter, Essays and newsletters, Flyers, undated 12 Flyers, Event flyers, Flyer mock ups, Newspaper clippings, Newspaper clippings, Newspaper clippings, Newspaper clippings, Newspaper clippings in Spanish, Black Eagle Solidarity Dinner, Illinois Farm Worker Ministry, National Farm Worker Ministry, Ralston Purina, Steak-mate Mushrooms, Campbell Soup Company and Pacific Mushroom, Walk-On-Jewel, Clergy, Labor Harvest fundraiser, Latino Chicago Theater Company, Addresses, phone lists, and supporters, undated 9 Mailing lists and rosters, undated 10 Scab grapes committee member lists, undated 11 Responses to Patty Newman with Reason Magazine, National Thanksgiving Fast, Pesticide information and Monitor 4, Picketing manual of conduct, Press interviews, Press, Spanish speaking media, Radio station information, Rufino Contreras Political Conference, Santa Clara Produce, Steven's J.P. boycott, Taller Grafico, Illegal Alien Farm Labor activity in California and Arizona, undated 23 Union busting, United Farm Workers, Arizona branch, Second Constitutional Convention,

8 26 Fourth Constitutional Convention, Fifth Constitutional Convention, Chronological History of the Union, UFW Farm Worker Medical Plan, Welfare and Public and Information, Report on cross-check election, E and J Gallo Winery Ranches, Illinois Gay Rights Task Force, 1979= Crossroads Fund, Farm workers publications, Writings by Monsignor George Higgins, Farm Worker Week, Dolores Huerta newspaper clippings and press, Box 8 Box 9 1 International unions in Illinois, Hispanic Labor Council, Nan Freeman, Contracts between union and growers, Event flyer mock ups, First Constitutional Convention, Articles and correspondence about undocumented workers, Texas Farm Workers, Teamster contracts, Rodino Bill H. R. 982, Pope Paul VI, Pesticide information and Monitor 4, United Auto Workers, Sun Harvest, Inc., Card catalog of labor files, Card catalog of labor files, Card catalog of labor files, Card catalog of labor files, Boycott correspondence and essays, Illinois precinct organization, Labor pledge program, AFL-CIO Executive Council statements, Illinois State Federation of Labor, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers, Lettuce companies, Correspondence with Bruce Church, Inc., Correspondence with Jewel, Actas de la Tercera Convención Constitucional AFL-CIO, Fighting for Our Lives, Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Jack Anderson, American Farm Bureau Federation,

9 15 Activism movies, Big Business Day, Boycott correspondence and essays, Boycott in Boston, correspondence and press, Boycott against Chiquita, Boycott in Chicago correspondence and news releases, Boycott: legal assistance and endorsements, Boycott Nestle, Boycott in North Carolina, Boycott resolutions, Boycott and negotiations with vegetable companies, Bruce Church, Inc., and bad faith hearing, Illinois clergy supporting boycott, Nagu Daifullah statement, Juan De La Cruz, statement about his death and eulogy, Farm worker "prayers," Farm workers' conditions, The California Farm Labor Force: A Profile, Letters to growers, Fact sheet on Giumarra, undated 35 Illinois farm worker legislation, Reclamation Reform Act, Boycott in Cleveland, 1981 Box 10 1 Farm Workers' conditions, Filipino farm workers, Child labor, Cesar Chavez, biographical information, Boycott: South Water Market Injunction, Eliseo Medina meeting notes, Survey of stores' participation in boycott, Contracts and agreements, Chicago newsletters, Local newsletters, Roger's Park boycott records, Labor newsletters, Consumer and worker protection clause, undated The Role of the American Farm Bureau Federation in the Life of Rural America, 14 Congressional Record, 1967 Retail Food Executives' Group, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, meeting minutes, Reports, briefs, and newspaper clippings, Legal documents and court briefs, Pesticide informational materials, Reports and rosters, Chicago boycott office, meeting minutes, Boycott cities, memoranda and bulletins, Boycott fact sheets,

10 Box Central office, correspondence, Central office, correspondence from Cesar Chavez, Protesting anti-union growers, correspondence, Newspaper clippings, Teamsters, Solidarity Theater, event flyers and correspondence, Sponsor list for Solidarity Dinner, Catholic Committee to visit Balsamo, undated 4 Reports and boycott materials from outside of Illinois, Top ten scab cities, Songs, poems, and plays, Local newsletters, Local newsletters, Chicago newsletters, Dear boycotters letters, Dear friend letters, St. Ethelreda School, Chicago, Sister Angela Just, undated 13 Press releases, Chicago office press releases, Chicago boycott critics, Signed and unsigned petitions, undated 17 Chicago boycott press coverage from outside of Chicago, Newsletters and publications, Newsletters and publications, El Malcriado Sol de Aztlan, Maverick, Santa Clara County Workers' Committee, Del Puertorriqueño, Tenneco annual report, Battle for the Vineyards, Reverend Cletus Healy, Commonwealth Edison Company annual report, Jewel companies annual report, 1969 Chicago fresh fruit and vegetable wholesale market prices, Federal Market News service, Justicia al Obrero Del Campo, Jose Gallego, Poison in Our Air, Air Pollution Conference, United Steelworkers of America, Pesticides, the Poisons We Eat, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, The Truth About the Grape Boycott, the American Farm Bureau Federation, 1969 What About the Boycott of California Grapes? A Reply to the California Grape 33 Growers, 1968 The Public's Stake in the Anti-Consumer Grape Boycott, Consumers' Rights 34 Committee, undated National Retail Conference, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of 35 North America, Newsletters and Underground Press Directory, Box 12 1 Letters of support,

11 2 Religious support, printed material, Union letters of support Letter campaign to chain stores, Correspondence to and from Delano, Iowa-Illinois Grape Conference correspondence, Acknowledgement of donation letters, Letters of national support, Letters to Jewel and National Tea, Report on Jewel Companies by Committee for One Society, Government purchase of grapes, Chicago Unions Grape Boycott Committee, Boycott staff lists, Reports on Purex, Midwest Regional Boycott Conference, Meeting minutes, Newspaper clippings, Migrant Ministry Conference, Coca Cola and migratory labor, National Federation of Student Social Workers, News releases written by Cesar Chavez, Flyers and newspaper clippings about pesticides, Petitions, Pesticide information for boycotters, Address cards, Lincoln Park, Organization of Latin American Communities, undated 28 Migrant Labor Legislation, Scab grape labels, Canadian Mission of Solidarity with Farm Workers, Correspondence and meeting agendas, Protestant participation in boycott, Correspondence, reports, and flyers, Arrested list, undated 35 Statistics about boycotts and grape sales, Hunger Hurts! Essay compilation by hunger workshop participants, undated 37 Fundraising, Chicago Boycott Information Centers, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, services and functions, undated 40 Marvin Balousek's research on lettuce, Midwest Boycott Convention and Conferences, Directory of Social Service Agencies, Consumer and Community Report, Leaders in the farm worker movement, Organizing El Malcriado- rebirth, Spanish Speaking People's Study Commission, 1971 Box 13 1 A Forgotten American, Luis Hernandez, Midwest boycott progress reports,

12 3 Essays and reports about Chicago boycott, National Consumers' Union newsletters, November 16 picket, circa St. Louis boycott, Memo to district coordinators, Newspaper clippings, Letters to Eliseo Medina, Rejection letters, Correspondence about Chicago boycott, Letters sent about Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Correspondence out of Chicago boycott, Criticisms of boycott, Letters to Giumarra, Box 14 1 Rogers Park, Reports and correspondence, Reports and correspondence, Reports and correspondence, Wholesale and lettuce brand list, undated 6 Newspaper clippings, Chicago boycott, Newspaper clippings, Detroit boycott activity, Newspaper clippings, national boycott activity, No Lettuce Cookbook, circa California lettuce sales, Wine sales and liquor information, circa Proposal for Illinois Synod, Lutheran Church in America, Reports and correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Boycott materials from Chicago's West Suburbs, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Box 15 1 Chicago Boycott Office, media correspondence, Correspondence with supporters, Correspondence to legislators, Correspondence,

13 5 Correspondence about audio visual materials, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence in Spanish, Correspondence with Donald Perkins, Correspondence with R.J. Murray, Correspondence with Robert Gallo, Correspondence to Gardner Stern, Correspondence, March for Justice, correspondence, National Food Stores, correspondence, La Raza Unida, Solidarity Dinner Benefit, correspondence, Benefit programs, Opposition: Citizens Committee for Agriculture, Opposition: contractors, anti-unionists, and police, American Farm Bureau Federation, Truth Squad report on Cesar Chavez, Opposition: Illini Union Food Service, undated 23 National boycott, Flyers and leaflets, circa Grape Strike: Paul Masson, East Boycott, newsletters, Pajarito newsletter, Weekly Boycott Reports, circa Meeting minutes, Lists of supporters, South Water Market grape sales, Prepare for Medical School La Raza Needs You, pamphlet, circa 1973 The Inter-Generational Non-Profit Housing Development Corporation of Illinois, by laws, undated National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, Chicago Leather Workers Union, roster, undated 36 Religious support, newsletters and correspondence, Salads for Lettuce Boycotters, Kairos, undated 38 Civil Protection Bill, undated 39 Roster, undated 40 The Loneliest People in the World, the Larry Ponciano Story, undated Box 16 1 Lettuce boycott organizing support, Farm Workers Aid, Flyers and leaflets, Working conditions of farm workers, Political support and opposition, Religious support, Songs and poems, undated 8 Farm workers and pesticides, Farm worker legislation, Teamster agreement,

14 11 Opposition: Farm Bureau, correspondence, and fact sheets, Opposition: National Labor Relations Board, American Farm Bureau, Road to Delano transcript, Defense Department versus Cesar Chavez, Bud Antle, Department of Defense, Cesar Chavez fast, Cesar Chaves jailed, Dow Chemical, correspondence, flyers, and newspaper articles, Kroger boycott, Safeway boycott, Lettuce boycott contract and non-contract growers, Lettuce boycott: shipping reports, Lettuce boycott: A & P stores, Newspaper articles, lettuce boycott, Grape boycott against growers, Grape boycott: Heublein products, Grape boycott: Apkarian and chain stores stroke, Grape boycott: shipping reports, Newsletters, undated 30 Newsletters, Newsletters, Newsletters, , 33 Certificates Box 17 1 Newsletters and leaflets, Chicago Boycott Office, newsletters, Accion newsletter, The Farmworker, newsletter, La Causa newsletter, St. Louis office newsletter, Si, Se Puede newsletter, Newsletters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, grape reports, Press releases outside Chicago, Chicago Boycott Office, press releases, Flyer and leaflet originals, Weekly lettuce boycott report, Boycott Central notes, United Farm Worker Organizing Committee articles in newsletters, Newspaper clippings, lettuce boycott in Chicago, Newspaper clippings, Chicago grape boycott, Correspondence and flyers, Chicago Boycott Office, correspondence, Gallo store checks, United Farm Worker constitution, Union materials and directories, Petitions to boycott grapes, lettuce, and wines, undated 24 Flyers,

15 Box 18 1 Endorsements, Newsletters and essays, Newsletters, Newsletters, Mailings for United Farm Workers by outside organizations, Correspondence, Correspondence, Correspondence, Correspondence, Bumper stickers and postcards, undated 11 Photographs, Dolores Huerta, circa Photograph, boycott in Boston against Dole, Photographs, Chicago boycott, undated Box x 5 fabric "Boycott Grapes!" banner 2 2 fabric UFW symbols 3 Overshirt with UFW symbol sewed on AV Department 1 Audio cassette, Cesar Chavez press conference at Ecumenical breakfast,