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Quotes from The Boycott is Our Major Weapon — Dolores Huerta

born 1930 United States

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The health care of farmworkers is almost nonexistent, and the rate of tuberculosis is 200 percent above the national average.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

There have been incidents of violence against the union, many of them, and it has taken all that Cesar can do and the rest of the people can do to keep workers nonviolent.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

The police harassment against the strikers is unbelievable. We have to say that the police departments and sheriffs departments are in most cases direct agents of the employers.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

DOD table grape purchases are a national outrage. The history of our struggle against agribusiness is punctuated by the continued violations of health and safety codes by growers, including many table grape growers.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

When we try to go to the Government for any kind of help, even for the enforcement of the sanitation laws. the Government turns its head.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

the reason why we have to use the boycott is that our other weapons have been rendered ineffective.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

the U.S. Department of Defense table grape purchases have been very detrimental to our effort.

The Boycott is Our Major Weapon (1969)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dolores Huerta (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.