Leave Gallo For The Rats Armando Cabrera, MĂŠchicano Art Center Silkscreen, 1973 Los Angeles, CA
From 1973-1979, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), led by Cesar ChĂĄvez and Dolores Huerta, called for a boycott of E.& J. Gallo Winery, claiming the winery exploited its vineyard workers in Sonoma County, provided low wages, and no benefits. The boycott against Gallo was part of a campaign that included lettuce and field grapes. That boycott ended in 1978, after the UFW won a string of union elections held under California's then-new Agricultural Labor Relations Act. In 2005, the boycott was resumed when Gallo refused to provide health coverage for its workers. This boycott ended in 2011.