CezarChavez

CezarChavez

Chavezisknownforhisworkwiththelaborunionsandadvocatingforfairpayforfarm

workers.Healsoadvocatedforfairworkingconditionsandtreatment.Chavezismostknownfor

leadingthestrikeofDelanograpefields.Thestrikewasoneofthefirsteventsthatmadehis

organizationfamousnationwide.FinallythisisallaboutCezarChavezslife.

BorninYumaArizonaonMarch31st1927,Chavezwasborntoimmigrantparents.

DuringthefirsttenyearsofChavezslife,hisfamilymovedupanddownthestateofArizona.

DuringthosetenyearsChavezexperiencedterribleworkingconditions,corruptlabor

contractors,mergerwagesforbackbreakingwork,andracism.Thenin1952catholicpriest

DonaldMcDonnelandFredRoss,andFredRoss,anorganizerwiththeCommunityService

Organization,recruitedChaveztobeapartoftheirgroup.ShortlyafterjoiningChavezbecamea

nationaldirector.Laterin1962Chavezdecidedtoresignsothathecoulddevotehisenergiesto

organizingaunionforfarmworkers.ChavezfoundedtheNationalFarmWorkersAssociation

laterthatyear.

In1968ChavezandhisorganizationjoinedthestrikeagainstDelanoGrapeFarms,and

calledforaboycottagainstallCaliforniaGrapes.DelanoGrapeswasoneofthemany

organizationsthattreatedworkersbadly.Thisboycottwasoneofthefirstthingsthatmade

Chavezandhisorganizationnationallyknown.Thebattlewithgrapefarmersandthefightfor

betterpayandfairworkingconditionswouldlastforyears.FinallyChavezwonmanyvictories

forworkersandgotseveralworkerstosigncontractswiththeunion.HoweverChavezfaced
morechallengeswithotherfarmersandtheTeamMastersunion.Inconclusionthisishowthe

grapestrikemadeChavezsorganizationnationallyknown.

SinceChavezwasalabororganizerhelednonviolentprotestsinordertogetfairworking

conditions.Heledmanymarches,calledseveralboycotts,andevenledsomehungerstrikes.

Chavezbroughtawarenesstotheharmfulpesticidesthatworkersareexposedtodaily.In1992

ChavezwasawardedthePaceminTerrisAward,acatholicpeaceaward.Thenin1994Chavez

wasawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedom.Chavezsdedicationearnedhimseveral

supporterssuchasRobertKennedy.Sadlyin1995itisbelievedthatChavezdiedasaresultfrom

oneofthehungerstrikes.Chavezsorganizationsarestillactivetoday.Inconclusionthisisall

aboutCezarChavez.
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