◆ SpookStack

a ane ME et eo be ad me eine ni Te eee eel altel GHKNOWI SUBJECTS; —. UsITED FéRhi WORKERS ~ VICTIMS CIVIL, RiGHS; CIVIL RIGHTS scT 1°64 On June 4, 1973, the actual picking of the eErapes began and the Uri had 50+ pickets on the line while the Teamsters fielded 90 Teamster guards which they said had been brought in to protect the farm workers fron he UFW pickets. At the height of the strike the UFW hac in excezs of 1,000 pickets on the picket line and the Teamsters had cs many as 250 to 350 Guards. By Court order, the UF pickets were instructed noi to form their picket line closer than 60 feet from the growers proverty line and the Teansters were to stay behind the property line, MRCSO deputies ‘were stationed in between the two facticns. During the veek of Junc 4 - 9, 1973, rumors circulated on the picket line that rcetings in progress between George Meaney of 4YL-CIO and Frank Fitzsimmons were being helc to mediate the strike. Other rwuors were that the AFL-CIO was brining in "heavies" including "hit men" from Las Vegas (ee and members of the Seafarers pie mon, an LFL-Ci0 affiliate. ‘Spe Teamsters anc Seafarers ere revortedly are arch rivals in cilimblilier cos tceres the potential for violence catrencly high. On June 8, 1973, an AFL-Civ