 At the AFL-CLIO's request, Chavez had suspended the Salinas lettuce boycott, but prepared to relaunch it eight months later as the growers had only conceded to one of their demands.Tensions grew between the UFW and AFL-CLIO, with the latter's president George Meany concerned that if the UFW broke the law by extending its boycott to cover supermarket chains then the AFL-CLIO could be held liable.As a result, Chavez formally requested a charter so that the UFW could become an independently chartered union separate from the AFL-CLIO; he was loathe to do so as it meant losing the AFL-CLIO's subsidy.