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It is now time for a new offensive against Dow Chemical and this time the workers are leading it. In the past we have always known Dow as an oppressor of: WBthe consumer - We are continually deluoed with nronaganda to packane everythina anain and again. wawar victims - Dow supplies the.U.S. Oenartment of Defense with,napalm,- defoliants and other anents used in chemical warfare. @A3rd world peonles - Hichly noisonous herbicides and insecticides are sold on the onen market in Latin America without the safety precautions indicated on the label as is required for the same nroducts when sold in the’ WA the environment - Dow produces highly pollutant plastics and pesticides, Now we discover that in addition to these offenses against the peoole, Dow Chemi- cai is a leader in the oopressipn of migrant farm workers. 17,000 acres of lettuce owned by Dow and onerated by Bud Antle, Inc, have been struck by farm workers seek- ing decent wages and working conditions as well as protection from dangerous oesti- cides. Antle is the world’s secon¥ taraest lettuce shinper; Dow croduces many of the deadly pesticides the farm workers want outlawed or nut under control. This Produces a powerful bloc with which to break a strike amona noor farm workers. Dow provides Antle with all his wrapners, boxes, and chemicals and tots of money. As a result Dow virtually controls Antle. Te’ break the farm workers’ strike, Antle secured an injunction to prohtbyt the ~ union, thé United Farm Workers Oraanizin~ Cormittee, from oicketting, leafletting, or talking to his employees. A similar iniuncti hrohibits the union from boycott- ino Bud Antle products and in fact orders Cesarfhavez, union director, to public- ly announce that neonle should buv Bud Antle, proqucts. Chavez has refused and so has been summoned to court December 4th to show dause why he should not immediately be imorisoned for contemnt of court. Dow has created a showdown with the farm workers who are trvino to defend their : riants as men. They are readv. Sunoort the farm workers in their liberation struacte against cgrnorate agri-business. Soycott all Dow nrnducts. Bovcott Bud Antle venetables. Write letters of indiana- tion to H.D. Doan, President, Dow Chemical Corn., Midland, “ichinan, 48640. Call the Washinaton, D.C. office dailv at 296-1935, Heln nicket the D.C. office at the Execu.ive Buildina, 15th & L NN on Mednesdav, Cec.2 from 1? a.m. to 1 nim. oniv buy . ‘ Farm Workers Action Committee unton lettuce . phone 587-0510 atte ; a te