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Frank Bardacke and Jane Slaughter

Frank Bardacke is a labor activist and author of Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers. Jane Slaughter is a former editor of Labor Notes, a co-author of Secrets of a Successful Organizer, and a member of Metro Detroit DSA and Bread & Roses.

A Lack of Democracy in the United Farm Workers Gave Chavez Immunity

The lack of democratic organization not only gave Cesar Chavez immunity in his abuse of girls and women, but is also what caused the downfall of the UFW.

Frank Bardacke and Jane Slaughter
| April 28, 2026
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The Call is a publication of the Bread & Roses caucus of Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the United States.