The Effects of Cesar Chavez and his Union
Cesar Chavez was a man who dedicated his life to improve the treatment, the state of work, and salary of farm workers. He lived a hard life too, he lost his home at the age of 10 years old. He stopped going to school in grade 8 and he served in the Navy. He was the founder of the National Farm Workers Association and he did everything possible to accomplish his goals, he sacrificed his life and boycotted too. This story begins with his early life, when he started to realize how farm workers got treated and that they deserved better than that.
Early Life/ Great Depression Cesar Estrada Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona, on March 31st, 1927 to immigrant parents. They owned a ranch business and a grocery store, but he was forced to move over to California in 1939 because of the Great Depression (The Famous People.com, 2017). The next ten years of his life were …show more content…
More and more workers joined the strike even if they were being threatened. Chavez worked really hard to support the strike, in 1966 he led a group of strikes to a 250 mile march from Delano to Sacramento. Once he arrived in Sacramento a large group of grape growers wanted to join in on the strike, they signed a contract that guarantees better pay and work conditions (Cesar Chavez, n/d). That same year Richard Chavez designed a flag that had an eagle and Cesar chose the colors, on the flag it said “HUELGA (strike) and VIVA LA CAUSA (Long live our cause).” Supporters carried these flags around as they marched, the marchers wanted the government to make a law that would allow the farm workers to form into a union. Cesar Chavez made people aware of what a farm worker had to go through and their working conditions. He succeeded to do that by using nonviolent tactics, he saw how important it was for the farm workers (The Story of Cesar Chavez,
Cesar Chavez was a man who dedicated his life to improve the treatment, the state of work, and salary of farm workers. He lived a hard life too, he lost his home at the age of 10 years old. He stopped going to school in grade 8 and he served in the Navy. He was the founder of the National Farm Workers Association and he did everything possible to accomplish his goals, he sacrificed his life and boycotted too. This story begins with his early life, when he started to realize how farm workers got treated and that they deserved better than that.
Early Life/ Great Depression Cesar Estrada Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona, on March 31st, 1927 to immigrant parents. They owned a ranch business and a grocery store, but he was forced to move over to California in 1939 because of the Great Depression (The Famous People.com, 2017). The next ten years of his life were …show more content…
More and more workers joined the strike even if they were being threatened. Chavez worked really hard to support the strike, in 1966 he led a group of strikes to a 250 mile march from Delano to Sacramento. Once he arrived in Sacramento a large group of grape growers wanted to join in on the strike, they signed a contract that guarantees better pay and work conditions (Cesar Chavez, n/d). That same year Richard Chavez designed a flag that had an eagle and Cesar chose the colors, on the flag it said “HUELGA (strike) and VIVA LA CAUSA (Long live our cause).” Supporters carried these flags around as they marched, the marchers wanted the government to make a law that would allow the farm workers to form into a union. Cesar Chavez made people aware of what a farm worker had to go through and their working conditions. He succeeded to do that by using nonviolent tactics, he saw how important it was for the farm workers (The Story of Cesar Chavez,