United Farm Workers (13 results)

Pinback Button. 1.5 inch pin, red, black and white design with UFW eagle in the center, very good.

Pinback Button. 1.5 inch diameter pin, very good; UFW eagle at left.

1.5 inch pin, purple UFW eagle and text on white background, very good.

Pinback Button. 1.25 inch pin, red and black design with UFW eagle in the center, very good. Our source, original manufacturer Robert Rush, informs us that these pins calling for a boycott of all lettuce predate the similar pins that narrow the focus to non-union lettuce.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The date is taken from the introductory note inside front cover from Chavez that is dated in 1973. Staple bound oblong in white glossy pictorial covers. 31 pages Clean and unmarked with minor wear. Included loose is flyer handout for a boycott of Gallo wine on yellow paper with farm workers in black on front, Top edge that was taller than the book has been bent over and creased.

Original lithographed poster, printed in colors on coated white stock, measuring 45.5cm x 64.5cm (18" x 25.5"). Faint crease at upper center, with some mild scattered foxing on verso; Near Fine. A striking portrait of the president of the United Farm Workers union by Mexican surrealist painter Octavio Ocampo (b.1943), reproduced from his 1989 painting. The central image of Chavez appears above opened heavens and angelic figures, flanked by multitudes of farmworkers, both living and dead, his shirt made up of many picket signs. A moving portrait, and an image that has been reproduced many times over. OCLC notes a single holding at the IISH. 83071.

[1] pp.; 32.7 x 21.7 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Flyer promoting the "Tribute in Action to Martin Luther King, Jr." held April 2, 3, 4, 5, [1971] in New York City. Events include a rally at City Hall, "The People Talk" in Central Park Mall, memorial services for Martin Luther King, Jr., and a citywide mass rally assembling at Union Square Park featuring speakers Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. George Wiley, and Dave Dellinger. Very Good. Folded in four with light handling marks.

Single sheet. 8.5" x 11".Folded in thirds for mailing with return address and postage paid stamped on verso with Berkeley address written in pen. Good+ with light wear along edges, small interior hole, two creased tears, a few pinholes. Light dampstain visible to verso. A rare piece of United Farm Workers ephemera, not found in OCLC or the trade. A call for organizers in the Bay Area to join in anticipation of a community organizing drive in September and October of 1974. Quotes Cesar Chavez on boycotts.

[Chicano] [United Farm Workers] Pérez, José G. Viva la Huelga! The Struggle of the Farm Workers. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1973. Illustrated staple bound orange wrappers with black and white text, and illustration of Mexican men, women, and children holding UFW flags and fists raised. 16 pages. Measures 5.5" x 8.5". Articles include; War of the Grapes; The Role of the Teamster Bureaucrats; A Different Kind of Union; The History of Organizing the Fields; The Struggle Takes Shape; The Role of Students; Allies and Tactics; and Defend the Farm Workers! The back cover includes a further reading list. Minor edge and corner wear. Overall very good condition. Pérez was a staff writer for the Trotskyist "Militant," responsible for the newspaper's Puerto Rican coverage and he worked with Organized Migrants in Community Action in Florida and covered the UFW strike in Coachella for the Young Socialist newspaper.

United Farm Workers. Boycott Non-UFW Grapes. Keene, CA: UFW, circa 1970. 12" x 3.5" inch bumper sticker. This bumper sticker was produced as part of a grassroots effort to support UFW farmworkers during the Delano Grape Strike, which started in September 1965. The striking workers, led by Cesar Chavez and others, formed the United Farm Workers and demanded wages equivalent to the federal minimum wage. Bright orange field with black text and UFW flag. Contact information and union bug in tiny font across the bottom. Very good condition.

"Join the Grape Strike in Greater Los Angeles in 1970.Boycott Non-Union Grapes" United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. 1970. Broadside Poster 11" x 8.5". On September 8, 1965, one of the most important strikes to the American working class was set in motion that would last over the next five years. Over 2,000 Filipino-American grape pickers sought the support from Mexican-American founder of the National Farm Workers Association Cesar Chavez. Through years of struggle between laborers and farm-owners, it was in July of 1970 when the union called for the boycott of table grapes. In this poster, Chavez is shown in a black and white photograph holding the United Farm Workers "Huelga" flag, alongside other protesters. The poster calls to ".boycott against non-union grapes until they win bargaining rights for all grape workers." Before the publishing of this poster, growers agreed upon contracts with UFWOC, however, the fight was not over as it quotes "But most table grape growers still refuse to recognize the rights of their workers." At the bottom text in bold, it refers to the two part pledge card against non-union grapes. It asks people to send them to their local grocers in order to sway the chain stores support for supplying only union grapes. It was with efforts such as these that individual households stopped buying grapes, and union workers in California dockyards let non-union grapes rot in port rather than load them. When the industry saw its market collapsing, major Delano growers agreed to increase worker's pay, contribute to the union health plan, and ensure that their workers were protected against pesticides used in the fields. Chavez's acts during this five year struggle, such as; leading a 300 mile march from Delano to Sacramento, partaking in a hunger strike emulating his hero Mahatma Gandhi, and vowing for non-violent persistence gained notoriety from figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Subtle tanning to edges, text is clean and legible. Overall very good condition.

[Latinx, Chicano, Mexico] [Social Activist] United Farm Workers. Historic 1970s poster for a benefit concert and dinner in order to fundraise for the United Farm Workers (UFW) at the St. Martin House in Madison, Wisconsin. Poster is red and black and features a detailed illustration of Emilio Zapata. 17" x 11" Poster was produced by the Industrial Workers of the World, a radical trade unions who supported the UFW cause. The 1970s were a turbulent decade for the UFW, as they were coming out of the famous Delano Grape Strike and competing for union members with the Teamsters, but still found deep support among those in the youth movement of the era. The poster advertises a show featuring the Irish punk band "Irish Brigade" and was hosted at the Catholic St. Martin House, a hospitality house originally founded to promote interracial unity. Poster in overall very good condition. This piece demonstrates the widespread appeal of the UFW cause.

Chavez, Cesar. Press photo archive, 1968-1990s, documenting leadership within the United Farm Workers and the broader Chicano labor movement across multiple decades of activism. These images trace Chavez's role in organizing farmworkers during and after the Delano Grape Strike, his use of nonviolent protest including fasting, and his later advocacy against agricultural pesticides, situating him within national and international labor and civil rights discourse. The archive captures both contemporaneous moments of protest and later commemorative uses of earlier images, demonstrating how Chavez's public image was circulated and reinterpreted through press and documentary media following the peak years of the farmworker movement and leading up to and after his death in 1993. Archive of five vintage silver gelatin press photographs, each approximately 8 x 10 inches, with several bearing original captions or pasted articles on recto or verso, along with occasional editorial markings. Images include a 1990 press photograph of Chavez speaking at a podium addressing malathion pesticide spraying; a 1980 image of Chavez at a book signing engaging directly with supporters; and a reprinted 1968 photograph of Chavez breaking his 25-day fast alongside Senator Robert Kennedy, marking a key moment of solidarity during the farmworker struggle. Another reprinted 1968 image shows Chavez participating in a Delano grape strike walkout, later reused in promotional material for the 1996 PBS documentary Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement, reflecting the continued circulation of these images in shaping historical narrative. Taken together, the archive documents the evolution of Chavez's public presence from movement leader to symbol of labor and civil rights activism, while also illustrating how press photography functioned to construct and preserve the visual record of the United Farm Workers. The reuse of earlier images in later media underscores the institutionalization of the Chicano movement within public history and documentary practice. Minor handling wear and light surface marks, with some editorial annotations present; photographs remain sharp with strong contrast. Overall very good condition.