Table Grape Growers Negotiating Committee Collection, 1965-1987.

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Table Grape Growers Negotiating Committee Collection, 1965-1987.

The collection is comprised chiefly of scrapbooks detailing actions of growers and farmworkers in the Coachella Valley. A folder of materials relates to the Californians for Right to Work organization and California Senate Bill 1119 (1969), which aimed to prevent compulsory unionization in the industry.

3 linear feet.

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