![]() ![]() Ultimately, this went against the 1967 agreement made between the Teamsters and the UFW, in which the Teamsters agreed to leave the unionizing of field workers to the UFW. It's estimated that at least 170 lettuce growers signed "sweetheart" contracts, which are agreements reached without the consent of the workers, per "A Political Education Project Report" (also posted at UCSD). And although the UFW repeatedly asked for workers to have secret ballot elections, this request was ignored and up to 200 contracts were signed with the Teamster union in the summer of 1970, according to "Straight Talk on the Lettuce Strike," posted at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).
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