I suppose you don’t think very much of labor in America. Most likely, if you haven’t thought of labor in America, why would you think of people who changed labor rights? Well, some of these people influenced the ways American labor rights are. One of these important people is Cesar Chavez. Chavez did many things to influence labor rights such as creating the Farm Workers Association, boycotted (nonviolently) to equalize rights for labor workers, and devoted himself to the problems of some of the poorest workers in America.
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born near Yuma, Arizona, to immigrant parents. Before he became a labor leader, he was a migrant worker. He experienced wretched migrant camps, corrupt labor contractors, meager wages for backbreaking work, and bitter racism. Chavez was very much involved in the Community Service Organization (CSO) in California. From 1958 to 1962, he was their general director. In 1962, Chavez left CSO to organize the wine grape pickers in California. He eventually created the Farm Workers Association. In 1966, his organization merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the United Farm Workers. …show more content…
He boycotted nonviolently using strategies such as strikes, fasts, picketing, and marches. The people of the nation appealed to him because of insistence on nonviolence, his reliance on volunteers from urban universities and religious organizations, his alliance with organized labor, and his use of mass mobilizing techniques. The first contracts were signed in 1966, but years of struggles still continued. The same year victory finally came (1970), the Teamsters signed sweetheart contracts with the growers. Thus, began a four-year struggle of bloody battle. But, in 1973, the Teamsters signed a jurisdictional agreement that temporarily ended the
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born near Yuma, Arizona, to immigrant parents. Before he became a labor leader, he was a migrant worker. He experienced wretched migrant camps, corrupt labor contractors, meager wages for backbreaking work, and bitter racism. Chavez was very much involved in the Community Service Organization (CSO) in California. From 1958 to 1962, he was their general director. In 1962, Chavez left CSO to organize the wine grape pickers in California. He eventually created the Farm Workers Association. In 1966, his organization merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the United Farm Workers. …show more content…
He boycotted nonviolently using strategies such as strikes, fasts, picketing, and marches. The people of the nation appealed to him because of insistence on nonviolence, his reliance on volunteers from urban universities and religious organizations, his alliance with organized labor, and his use of mass mobilizing techniques. The first contracts were signed in 1966, but years of struggles still continued. The same year victory finally came (1970), the Teamsters signed sweetheart contracts with the growers. Thus, began a four-year struggle of bloody battle. But, in 1973, the Teamsters signed a jurisdictional agreement that temporarily ended the