MPR News Feature; Migrant conference interviewee talks about United Farm Workers strike and the Teamsters

Only optimistically as you know considering our size and the Teamsters and the money the Teamsters have right now they're saying right now there's a great strike going on in the in the Coachella Valley in the Coachella Valley there was 15 ranchers who were formerly you have w contracts who won the last negotiating last day of contract. Well the day after the contract ended they signed with the Teamsters and at that point the national AFL CIO finally took some stand and said that they they felt that the where's the solidarity between unions and what is the team what are the training teams you're trying to do to us here and they contributed a million point six two to the strike to strike benefits for United Farm Workers and it finally brought a commitment out of George Meany. So we're hoping that that's an indication of something they're going to continue to do and give us full full support money monetarily and publicity

wise and everything like that. There's a there's also a there's also a bill introduced by Senator Kennedy that'll be coming up in next in the next session not this year but the next session that will take some investigation. Of collusion between the Teamsters and the growers. Which which I feel personally if they if they do any any investigation at all it'll it'll prove they'll prove collusion.