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| Title | United Farm Worker's flyer boycotting Safeway, September 5 1973 |
| Creator | United Farm Workers; AFL-CIO |
| Description | The flyer attempts to round up support to eliminate poverty and child labor with the creation of the Farm Workers Union. The flyer states that the objective of the union is to improve the working conditions, wages for work on farms, better health standards, and other benefits. The "No on Safeway" campaign was an effort in response to Safeway's boycott on lettuce picked by members of the Farm Workers Union. The flyer encourages a general boycott of the Safeway grocery chain. |
| Date | 1973 |
| Subject | Mexican Americans; Yakima (Washington); Yakima County; Migrant agricultural laborers; Children; Boycotts; Protest movements; Agricultural industries; Agriculture; Grocery stores; Labor unions; United Farm Workers Union |
| Type | Ephemera; Fliers (Printed matter) |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Yakima--Yakima |
| Collection Source | S 1991.36.48 |
| Identifier | EPH-A 331.8925 Uh3f 1973 |
| Repository | Washington State Historical Society
http://www.wshs.org/ |
| Contributors | Washington State University Vancouver Information Services
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/vis/infoserv.htm |
| Project Identifier | wsuvt0984 |
| Language | English |
| Physical Description | 8 1/2 in. x 11in. |
| Format | Original images were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries. |
| Rights | To order a print or request permission to publish or exhibit, please contact the Washington State Historical Society Special Collections, 315 North Stadium Way, Tacoma, WA 98403. 253/798-5914. |
