The Growers' viewpoint

The growers and their supporters had their own story to tell about 
the Delano Grape Strike.
Source: "Decision at Delano (1966)" from The Farmworker Movement Documentation Project
"...if they (farmworkers) were not happy, they wouldn't be here."

              -Jack Pandol
                    Grape Grower



"...the labor strife which developed in Delano did not emanate from the farm workers themselves, but was created by trained organizers."


Source: "California Grapes and the Boycott: The Growers' Side of the Story"
"Neither wages, nor working conditions, nor fringe benefits were at issue. Nor was the issue the workers' right to decide whether or not they wanted a union to represent them, or to choose a union. The sole purpose of the boycott was to force grower recognition of the UFWOC."


Source: "California Grapes and the Boycott: The Growers' Side of the Story"
Source: "Decision at Delano (1966)" from The Farmworker Movement Documentation Project
"We haven't heard any complaints from the workers stating that they weren't earning a decent living..."


- Bruno Dispoto
 Grape Grower
Source: "Decision at Delano (1966)" from The Farmworker Movement Documentation Project
"The migrant ministers ought not to be giving their time to organizing labor..."

          -Rev. Edgar Manherz
          Delano Ministerial Association
"...[the] alleged strike [was] against just one grower- Giumarra Vineyards Corporation, owning and operating vineyards in locales near Delano. Since the farm's grapes could not be distinguished from others, the boycott was called against all California-produced grapes."


Source: "California Grapes and the Boycott: The Growers' Side of the Story"
"The tragedy of the entire Delano situation and the ensuing grape boycott is that well-meaning people are accepting without question the propaganda put out by trained organizers.


Source: "California Grapes and the Boycott: The Growers' Side of the Story"