Military Industrial Complex: Complejo Industrial Militar

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Not only did the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) fight growers unjust treatment, but they also went against the United States government. The UFWOC and the AFL-CIO fought for the United States Department of Defense DOD to stop purchasing grapes that contained DDT along with other harmful pesticides.

Keywords

Washington D.C., Senate, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, Department of Defense, Grapes, Viet Nam, UFWOC, Dolores Huerta, grape production, AFL-CIO, William Kircher, strikebreakers, DDT, pesticides, grape growers, politics, United States Government, Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor

Date

1969

Language

English

Location

Washington, D.C.

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El Malcriado Newspaper Collection

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Archives & Special Collections of California State University, Monterey Bay

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"Military Industrial Complex: Complejo Industrial Militar" (1969). United States Government. 14.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/elmalcriado_government/14