Michael,
Interesting point. Is this an off-hand opinion or supported by some
evidence? Reason I ask is that I am not aware of any efforts by UFW in the
period of the development of mechanical harvesters to target tomato pickers
for organization, and given that these machines, as I recall, were
introduced before the UFW had an established base, it is not clear to me
that this was a driving motivation. Given the difficulty Chavez had
establishing a presence in grape fields, I rather doubt that the corporate
moguls who controlled much of California agriculture were quaking at the
prospect of a union in the tomato fields. I am perfectly happy, however, to
be educated on this point.
michael e.
At 10:45 AM 12/24/97 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote:
>The fear of Ceasar Chavez led to the invention of the tomato harvester.
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