Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Interview with Jim Gonzalez](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/24/1989Call Number: CV 040AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Jim Gonzalez on issues concerning the Latino community such as the grape boycott, INS raids, immigration rights, affordable housing in San Francisco, sponsorship for Latino community events and police brutality, specifically the beating of Dolores Huerta.
![UFW David Bacon, Bruce Janigian](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 279Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The third UFW boycott and the effects on buyers, growers, and workers. Both interviewees attack the boycott itself and defend farmers, growers, and labor contractors. They oppose UFW arguments and positions. Also discussed is the Agriculture Labor Relations Board and its regulation and oversight of workers rights.
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