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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.
The Community Service Organization (founded 1947) was an important California Latino civil rights organization, most famous for training Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. It was founded in 1947 by Fred Ross, Antonio Rios and Edward Roybal [1] [2] and was a source of political support for Roybal during his long political career.
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.
Chavez was born in Arizona, served two years in the Navy and in 1962 founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers. He died in 1993 at 66.
In Austin, Cesar Chavez made boycott speeches, ... In 1962, he helped found the National Farm Workers Association — known today, after mergers, as the United Farm Workers union — in Delano ...
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Cesar Chavez (Secretary, Presidential Communications Office) Fernando "Dindo" Amparo Sanga (Director General) ... National: June 5, 2017; 7 years ago ...
Govea Thorbourne worked with the United Farm Workers and held many positions. Her most notable position was the national director of organizing. She then went on to become a labor educator at Rutgers University and Cornell University. While working for the union, she worked very closely with Cesar Chavez. [7]