farm workers face many obstacles int he United States and is one of the biggest labor groups int he world. Since a farmworkers job is seasonal there is insecurity among farm workers and can inhibit them from organizing effectively for better working conditions. they deal with adequate wages, housing, food, working conditions, health care and the poor quality of life for their families.
Ceasar Estrada Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader,a nd civil rights activist who was one of the people who in 1962 co-founded the National Farm Workers Association along with Dolores Huerta. As a Mexican American, Chavez is best known till this day as the Latino civil rights activist.
In the artical, The story of Cesar Chavez, they said By 1970 the UFW got grape growers to accept union contracts and had effectively organized most of that industry, at one point in time claiming 50,000 dues paying members. The reason was Cesar Chavez's tireless leadership and nonviolent tactics that included the Delano grape strike, his fasts that focused national attention on farm workers problems, and the 340-mile march from Delano to Sacramento in 1966. The farm workers and supporters carried banners with the black eagle with HUELGA (strike) and VIVA LA CAUSA (Long live our cause). The marchers wanted the state government to pass laws which would permit farm workers to organize into a union and allow collective bargaining agreements. Cesar made people aware of the struggles of farm workers for better pay and safer working conditions. He succeeded through nonviolent tactics (boycotts, pickets, and strikes). Cesar Chavez and the union sought recognition of the importance and dignity of all farm workers.
This is a picture of Cesar Chavez
4 comments:
What a great read! Thanks for this excellent summary!
It is so sad to realize that inequality is still taking place. We realize what the farm workers were fighting for which seems fair and yet were given such a hard time. This novel has made me realize what my father went through when he first arrived to the U.S., luckily the conditions had changed when he was a worker but where not excellent conditions. All these sacrifices where in search of a better life.
It is very sad to realize that inequality is still taking place. People didn't care about the harsh working conditions because they were in search of a better life. My father was a farm worker when he first arrived the U.S. Luckily, the farw workers movement had already taken action by the time my father arrived. Yet, working conditions were still not great.
It is sad to realize that inequality is still taking place. People come for a better life yet the found themselves working in terrible conditions and a lower wage. My father was also a farm worker when he first arrived the U.S. Luckily, the farm workers movement had already taken effect. Yet, the conditions were still not great. All these sacrifices where for a better life.
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