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Cesario Estrada Chavez (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː v ɛ z /; Spanish:; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.
Cesar Chavez Day is on Sunday. Former President Barack Obama designated March 31 a commemorative holiday for the Mexican American union organizer in 2014. The day marks the anniversary of his birth.
Cesar Chavez Day is a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2014. [1] The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist Cesar Chavez on March 31 every year.
45 Cesar Chavez Quotes. Canva. 1. "We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure." 2. "Self-dedication is a spiritual experience." 3. "Being of ...
The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by organizer Larry Itliong.
“Cesar Chavez Day was a champion of the downtrodden, a disciple of Gandhi and his philosophy of non-violence.” | Letters to the editor What Cesar Chavez Day teaches us about kindness toward ...
One of the CSO’s most significant contributions was recruiting and training future labor leader Cesar Chavez. In 1952, Fred Ross met Cesar Chavez, a young farmworker in San Jose, and persuaded him to join the organization. Chavez quickly became one of its most dedicated organizers, traveling throughout California to register Mexican Americans ...
Californians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who organized strikes and built coalitions between farmworkers alongside César Chávez and Dolores ...