In history, civil disobedience has always played a big role when opposing corrupted power; by either changing a system or overthrowing a monarchy. Throughout time, many man and woman have stepped out of the social norms and with it creating the opportunity for a change of future generations. Individuals such as Martin Luther King, civil right activist who fought against segregation, are people that create a change in our society. As he once said “ We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”, people like him are the ones that fight to obtain peace and eradicate unnecessary wars. Great people as these, inspire others generation to become leaders and create change. Cesar Chavez an individual inspired by this civil
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Due to the division of the National Labor Relations, every agricultural worker suffered from bad working conditions; they also receive a low payment and no working insurance ("United Farm Workers"). Some of the demands requested for the far workers were: break times, water supply, protection of female workers against sexual harassment, elimination of racial discrimination, protection against pesticides and the limitation if the usage of lethal and dangerous pesticides such as DDT on the working fields ( "Rodriguez, Arturo S." ). Due to the language barrier and the level of education within the immigrant communities, fighting harsh treatments became inevitable ("United Farm Worker"). Cesar Chavez started working the land, then later creating and becoming the leader of the National Farm Workers Associations; this became the first successful agricultural union in the U.S. ("Cesár Chávez." Dictionary). One example of Chavez's actions was his constant involvement and methods of nonviolent protests, such as hunger strikers, due to this he was commonly compared to both Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. ("Cesar Chavez” …show more content…
One of biggest challenge he faced during the strikes was the vulnerability to be blacklisted, by it, an individual would be marked as a threat and harmful reducing opportunities for obtaining a job in the near future ("Brimmer, 13"). He was also faced with lawsuits from the UFW previous actions, resulting in loosing of big monetary resources when the U.S Supreme Court refuse to hear his defense ("Chávez, Cesar Estrada"). Due to the constant strikes, groves (farm owners) rely mostly on police department as allies, resulting in strikers being harassed and being arrested with false demands ("Gregory, 29."). He continually insisted in peaceful strikers in order to evade any legal difficulties brought upon by justice; the even single act of violence would create difficulties for every striker as found guilty in court ( "Brimmer, ”). Chavez faced different challenges which were commonly related to legal
Due to the division of the National Labor Relations, every agricultural worker suffered from bad working conditions; they also receive a low payment and no working insurance ("United Farm Workers"). Some of the demands requested for the far workers were: break times, water supply, protection of female workers against sexual harassment, elimination of racial discrimination, protection against pesticides and the limitation if the usage of lethal and dangerous pesticides such as DDT on the working fields ( "Rodriguez, Arturo S." ). Due to the language barrier and the level of education within the immigrant communities, fighting harsh treatments became inevitable ("United Farm Worker"). Cesar Chavez started working the land, then later creating and becoming the leader of the National Farm Workers Associations; this became the first successful agricultural union in the U.S. ("Cesár Chávez." Dictionary). One example of Chavez's actions was his constant involvement and methods of nonviolent protests, such as hunger strikers, due to this he was commonly compared to both Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. ("Cesar Chavez” …show more content…
One of biggest challenge he faced during the strikes was the vulnerability to be blacklisted, by it, an individual would be marked as a threat and harmful reducing opportunities for obtaining a job in the near future ("Brimmer, 13"). He was also faced with lawsuits from the UFW previous actions, resulting in loosing of big monetary resources when the U.S Supreme Court refuse to hear his defense ("Chávez, Cesar Estrada"). Due to the constant strikes, groves (farm owners) rely mostly on police department as allies, resulting in strikers being harassed and being arrested with false demands ("Gregory, 29."). He continually insisted in peaceful strikers in order to evade any legal difficulties brought upon by justice; the even single act of violence would create difficulties for every striker as found guilty in court ( "Brimmer, ”). Chavez faced different challenges which were commonly related to legal