Cesar Chavez continued to keep the sweatshop conditions of farm labor in the nation’s eye as he organized the United Farm Workers of America during the 1960s. This UFW poster urged consumers to show their support for the UFW by refusing to buy lettuce and grapes.
Associated Institution: United Farm Workers
Location: Currently not on view
General Subject Association: History, Reform Movements, Economic ProtestLatinoHispanicsStrikes and BoycottsLabor UnionsRace Relations
Subject:
See more items in: Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection, Government, Politics, and Reform, Sweatshops
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Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: 1977.0660.08Accession Number: 1977.0660Catalog Number: 1977.0660.08
Object Name: Poster
Measurements: overall: 25 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in; 64.135 cm x 50.165 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-3ce2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_518598
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