Object Details
Artist
George Ballis, 12 Aug 1925 - 24 Sep 2010
Sitter
Cesar Estrada Chavez, 31 Mar 1927 - 23 Apr 1993
Helen Fabela Chávez, 21 Jan 1928 - 6 Jun 2016
Exhibition Label
In July 1970, five years after the beginning of the grape strike, the UFW reached a landmark achievement when it signed contracts with twenty-three companies, including the extensive landowners Giumarra. Eighty-five percent of all table-grape growers in California were now under a union contract. The victory was short-lived, however, as the opposing Teamsters union started competing with the UFW in Salinas. Without the approval of its Salinas members, the Teamsters leadership signed contracts that favored the growers by granting small raises, but no fringe benefits, to the workers. As a result, the UFW revived the intensity of its boycott, launching new strikes. Relations between the unions grew tenser as the Teamsters hired strongmen to intimidate UFW picketers. In 1973, the Modesto-based Gallo Winery, the nation’s largest vintner and one of the first to have signed with the UFW in 1967, saw its contract expire and signed instead with the Teamsters. Chavez responded with a boycott of Gallo Wines.
En julio de 1970, a cinco años de iniciada la huelga de la uva, la UFW alcanzó un logro histórico al firmar contratos con veintitrés compañías, incluidos los grandes productores de Giumarra. El ochenta por ciento de los productores de uvas de mesa en California estaban ahora bajo convenios colectivos. Sin embargo, la victoria duró poco, porque el sindicato antagónico de los Tronquistas empezó a competir con la UFW en Salinas. Sin la aprobación de sus miembros de Salinas, los Tronquistas firmaron convenios que favorecían a los rancheros, ya que a pesar de que concedían a los trabajadores pequeños aumentos de sueldo, no ofrecían ningún beneficio marginal. A raíz de esto, la UFW intensificó su boicot con nuevas huelgas. Las relaciones entre los sindicatos se tornaron más tensas cuando los Tronquistas comenzaron a emplear matones para intimidar a los piqueteros de la UFW. En 1973, las bodegas Gallo, ubicadas en Modesto, que eran la productora de vinos más grande del país y una de las primeras que firmaron contratos con la UFW en 1967, decidió, al expirar el contrato, firmar con los Tronquistas. Chávez respondió con un boicot a los vinos Gallo.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
c. 1973
Object number
NPG.2014.35
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© The Image Works
Type
Print
Medium
Photolithographic poster on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 42.4 × 55.6 cm (16 11/16 × 21 7/8")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Exterior
Equipment\Sign
Costume\Dress Accessory\Scarf
Poster
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Male
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Labor leader
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Military and Intelligence\Navy
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
Helen Fabela Chávez: Female
Helen Fabela Chávez: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist
Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.2014.35