Prior to the public announcement of the Proclamation of the Grape Workers, sanctions in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 denied agricultural workers equal labor and protection rights governed under the law. Moreover, grower(s) refers to the large agricultural corporation(s) who employed farmworkers; additionally, growers refused to cooperate with union leaders or change their stance on the issues surrounding the boycott. Some growers subjected their workers to conditions which bordered disenfranchisement. The town of Delano California undeniably sparked the movement for agriculture labor rights. Caesar Chavez recognized the despair and need for equal civil rights; therefore, he called upon Dolores Huerta for her leadership and organization.
