the boycott. Supporters formed a boycott committee in Vancouver, prompting an outpouring of support from Canadians that would continue throughout the following years. In 1967, UFW supporters in Oregon began picketing stores in Eugene, Salem, and Portland. After melon workers went on strike in Texas, growers held the first union representation elections in the region, and the UFW became the first union to ever sign a contract with a grower in Texas. National support for the UFW continued to grow in 1968, and hundreds of UFW members and supporters were arrested. Picketing continued throughout the country, including in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Florida. The mayors of New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Detroit, and other cities pledged their support, and many of them altered their cities’ grape purchases to support the boycott. In 1969, support for farm workers increased throughout North America. The grape boycott spread into the South as civil rights groups pressured grocery stores in Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Nashville, and Louisville to remove non-union grapes. Student groups in New York protested the Department of Defense and accused them of deliberately purchasing boycotted grapes. On May 10, UFW supporters picketed Safeway stores throughout the U.S. and Canada in celebration of International Grape Boycott Day. Cesar Chavez also went on a speaking tour along the East Coast to ask for support from labor groups, religious groups, and universities. Mapping UFW Strikes, Boycotts, and Farm Worker Actions 1965-1975 shows over 1,000 farm worker strikes, boycotts, and other actions. Issues within the Grape Strike Union It took a lot of effort and planning before the grape strike was able to take place. There were different conflicts between groups and people participating. In the beginning, it was only Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong’s creation of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), mostly made up of Filipinos. He recruited many people and eventually was asked to move to Delano to lead Filipino grape farmers. He soon realized he cannot do this on his own and will need a bigger union. He then reached out to Caesar Chavez, who led the Mexicans and the National Farm Workers Association and merged groups to form the United Farm Workers (UFW). There were some bumps in the road. Before the merger, each group had fears of getting dominated by the other group. Itliong and Chavez also had their hesitations in working together, but they knew the