Militant/Laura Anderson

SAN FRANCISCO—Hundreds of farm workers and their supporters rallied July 17 at Dolores Park here and then marched to San Francisco’s Mission District in support of a nationwide boycott of wines produced by the E&J Gallo Winery. The workers, members of the United Farm Workers union, are fighting for the extension of health-care and pension benefits to contract workers hired seasonally to pick grapes and tend the vines. Last April, the Gallo workers won a 20-cent wage increase bringing the base pay to $8.38 per hour.

—LAURA ANDERSON  
 
 
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