When was cesar chavez

His parents, Librado and Juana, owned a farm and store. Francis of Assisi and Mohandas Gandhi. He joined the Community Service Organization, an organization that worked for the rights of farm workers. Some agreements were eventually made between the farm workers union and the growers. In , when some of the workers' demands were met, the boycotts of lettuce and grapes were lifted.

Despite skepticism from some labor leaders, Cesar was the first to apply boycotts to major labor-management disputes.

Because of Cesar and millions of Americans who supported farm workers by boycotting grapes and other products, under Gov. Cesar came out against Vietnam War in the s and was an early and outspoken supporter of gay rights in the s.

The UFW opposed penalizing employers for hiring undocumented workers and championed immigration reform as early as He was a unique and humble leader, as well as a great humanitarian and communicator who influenced and inspired millions of Americans from all walks of life. Cesar forged a national and extraordinarily diverse coalition for farm worker boycotts, which included students, middle class consumers, trade unionists, religious activists and minorities.

Cesar liked to say that his job as an organizer was helping ordinary people do extraordinary things. Cesar passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 23, in the small farm worker town of San Luis, Arizona, not far from where he was born 66 years earlier. More than 50, people attended his funeral services in Delano, the same community in which he had planted the seeds of social justice decades before.

Since his death, hundreds of communities across the nation have named schools, parks, streets, libraries, and other public facilities, as well as awards and scholarships in his honor. His birthday, March 31st, is an official holiday in 10 states. The U. Navy named a ship after him in As a labor leader, Chavez employed nonviolent means to bring attention to the plight of farm workers.

He led marches, called for boycotts and went on several hunger strikes. He also brought the national awareness to the dangers of pesticides to workers' health. His dedication to his work earned him numerous friends and supporters, including Robert Kennedy and Jesse Jackson. It is believed that Chavez's hunger strikes contributed to his death: He died on April 23, , in San Luis, Arizona. In , U. President Barack Obama announced that Chavez's birthday, March 31, would be recognized as a federal commemorative holiday.

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