How the UFW differs from others
Strategy is the key to approaching a problem. While the United Farm Workers Union formed a movement that focused on improving wages for farm workers, there were other movements, such as the Black Panthers Movement. Their ideology involved fighting for police brutality, it was more of an organized revolution while the UFW’s fight involved changing labor practices and improving wages. These two groups used different tactics and aims, yet they still came together to make both their statements bolder. “After all, the Black Panther Party was African American, militant, urban, and socialist and therefore differed in nearly every way from the largely Mexican American, nonviolent, rural, and Catholic UFW.” (Araiza, …show more content…
When the Black Panthers joined, it strengthened the relationship that the Panthers and the United Farm Workers Union had. (Araiza, 2009, Pg.) It seemed as the more they worked together the better the relationship between the Black Panthers Party and the United Farm Workers Union got. “The UFW's declaration of a new strike and grape boycott served to intensify the alliance between the union and the Black Panther Party.” (Araiza, 2009, Pg.) This is significant because the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the United Farm Workers came together to strengthen the boycott against the Safeway grocery stores. The collaboration between the BPP and the UFW also outlines the differences between the groups. While the BPP used violent tactics to contribute to their civil rights movement, the UFW focused on non-violent tactics for their labor …show more content…
“‘I am a farm worker, born and raised in California. I am here in Philadelphia coordinating the international boycott of table grapes,’ announced Hope Esperanza Lopez when she arrived in Philadelphia in February 1969 with two of her five children and several others to reinforce the boycott initiated by farm workers against Delano table grape producers in 1965.” (Rose, 1996, Pg.) Since most of those with her were women, they appealed to the other woman. “The Chicana activists received assistance from middle-class Anglo women in Philadelphia who had volunteered their services soon after the boycott headquarters had opened.” (Rose, 1996, Pg.) Since they were women who were successful in recruiting, they made their statements bolder as they kept recruiting. “Lopez used the common themes of marriage, pregnancy, birth, childhood, and domestic concerns to link middle-class women with impoverished working-class Chicanas and Mexicanas.” (Rose, 1996, Pg.) By using these common themes, Lopez was able to recruit more women to join the cause of the United Farm
Strategy is the key to approaching a problem. While the United Farm Workers Union formed a movement that focused on improving wages for farm workers, there were other movements, such as the Black Panthers Movement. Their ideology involved fighting for police brutality, it was more of an organized revolution while the UFW’s fight involved changing labor practices and improving wages. These two groups used different tactics and aims, yet they still came together to make both their statements bolder. “After all, the Black Panther Party was African American, militant, urban, and socialist and therefore differed in nearly every way from the largely Mexican American, nonviolent, rural, and Catholic UFW.” (Araiza, …show more content…
When the Black Panthers joined, it strengthened the relationship that the Panthers and the United Farm Workers Union had. (Araiza, 2009, Pg.) It seemed as the more they worked together the better the relationship between the Black Panthers Party and the United Farm Workers Union got. “The UFW's declaration of a new strike and grape boycott served to intensify the alliance between the union and the Black Panther Party.” (Araiza, 2009, Pg.) This is significant because the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the United Farm Workers came together to strengthen the boycott against the Safeway grocery stores. The collaboration between the BPP and the UFW also outlines the differences between the groups. While the BPP used violent tactics to contribute to their civil rights movement, the UFW focused on non-violent tactics for their labor …show more content…
“‘I am a farm worker, born and raised in California. I am here in Philadelphia coordinating the international boycott of table grapes,’ announced Hope Esperanza Lopez when she arrived in Philadelphia in February 1969 with two of her five children and several others to reinforce the boycott initiated by farm workers against Delano table grape producers in 1965.” (Rose, 1996, Pg.) Since most of those with her were women, they appealed to the other woman. “The Chicana activists received assistance from middle-class Anglo women in Philadelphia who had volunteered their services soon after the boycott headquarters had opened.” (Rose, 1996, Pg.) Since they were women who were successful in recruiting, they made their statements bolder as they kept recruiting. “Lopez used the common themes of marriage, pregnancy, birth, childhood, and domestic concerns to link middle-class women with impoverished working-class Chicanas and Mexicanas.” (Rose, 1996, Pg.) By using these common themes, Lopez was able to recruit more women to join the cause of the United Farm