In a bitter and sometimes violent struggle that dragged on for more than a decade, Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Union battled the Teamsters in what the Chicano leader called an "all-out war" to organize workers in California's vineyards and truck farms. Last week, before television cameras, the two unions signed a peace treaty that gives the field hands to the U.F.W., and the canners, packers and farm-truck drivers to the Teamsters. The unlikely allies pledged to honor each other's picket lines, support each other's organizing efforts and cooperate in seeking legislation...
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