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The Founding Members of the CWA
Founders of CWA (left to right): Beverly Sfingi, Jeri Taylor, Cherry Ishimatsu, and Corky Larson; January 1976; black and white photo
Report of UFW Violence
"Counter-Pickets--Members of Coachella chapter of California Women for Agriculture walk a picket line in front of Assemblyman Tom Suitt's office in Palm Springs Friday. They're not protesting Suitt, but are picketing against the pickets for UFW, who…
"Nun Says Church Backing of UFW is Creating False Image in the East"
"Sister calls portrayal of farmer as tycoon 'bunk'"
Proposition 14 Protest
"California Women for Agriculture staged a demonstration in Sacramento to protest Proposition 14 which a UFW AFL-CIO backed initiative on the ballot Tuesday. They marched around the north lawn on the capitol grounds chanting 'No on 14' as they went.…
"What Wrong With the Farm Labor Initiative"
An explanation of the CWA's position on Proposition 14.
"Speaker Exhorts Farm Women"
Sister Thomas Bertels was the guest speaker at a CWA event.
"Chavez Critic Calls for Tighter-Knit Farm Group"
"Speaks for Agriculture--Sister Thomas More Bertels, OSF, was keynote speaker at a seminar dinner for California Women for Agriculture at Palm Springs Spa last night. She goes over issues of local interest with Patricia 'Corky' Larson, left, CWA…
"Why Chavez Falls Back on Boycotts"
"From a former supporter of the United Farm Workers (UFW) comes this first-hand report of conditions in the West's grape and lettuce fields--a fight that could spread to wherever farmers hire help."
"Why the Strike Cesar?"
"Cesar, it's obvious that this time you've gone too far"
Thousands of Slick Commercials Cannot Kill...
A Proposition 14 advertisement explaining the what a vote in favor of Proposition 14 would mean.