United Farm Workers

than a “gay disease” made AIDS only a gay problem, and therefore not something that straight men with power needed to worry about. . The Stonewall Protest led to the Gay Liberation Movement and the overall fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Now in the United States, gay marriage is legalized in all 50 states, and people are more than less accepting of the diversity of different…

food workers are treated. And, finally Eliot Coleman writes about how the word organic has changed because…

other countries. Constant body pain for low wages, horrible living conditions and harsh treatment/exploitation from farm owners are just a few experiences that farm labor workers have gone through in the search of a better life. The history of farm labor migration has been shaped by Chinese, Japanese, Filipino,…

roar of the plane engine above warned farm workers that the air is being sprayed with dangerous pesticides; their lungs and faces burn as they struggle to breathe in the air contaminated with the thick chemical poison. Without anyone advocating for the protection of these workers, they were mercilessly exploited by the hands of farm owners. No one helped the cause of the farm workers more than Cesar Chavez. Through his dedication, he won the rights for farm workers to unionize, as well as…

obtain more rights for farm workers in California. He was also similar to MLK because they both used non-violent ways to protest. Cesar Chavez organized the farm workers so that they can help him. He is still remembered today 50 years later. To begin with, he was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927. He was one of 5 children and they all lived on a small farm. However, the Great Depression made the family poor because of all of the low employment and the family lost their farm. In need of a…

continues to occur up to this day. Documented or undocumented people from all over the world come into the United States in search of the “American Dream”. Characterizing the dream is a set of ideals in which “freedom” includes the opportunity for success. The dream for many is a pursuit of equality, opportunities, and prosperity. Immigrants have various reasons to seek migration; some enter the United States in search of a better life, while others come to escape war, others for freedom in…

fieldworkers. Many people have struggled in trying to fight in having the equality; however, Cesar Chavez and other brave farmworkers were willing to risk their lives and their jobs for better wages and respect for farmworkers. Cesar Chavez and The United Farmworkers Union…

Have you ever felt like the conditions of working weren’t being fair? Ever felt like after doing all the work, it wasn’t as good to someone else? Cesar Estrada Chavez wanted to change that for all farm workers everywhere. Born in Yuma, Arizona, second child to parents Libardo and Juan Estrada Chavez. Both his parent worked in the fields that were over a 100 acres long. However, the chavez family lost its land, when the Great Depression came around. Like other people, they became of the migrant…

There is this idea in the minds of many: a shining utopia, where society can exist without consequences. There is no war, no crime, no suffering. The people of this city experience only happiness and joyousness. This description is not of any world that can or ever will exist; it is merely a fantasy, one that is described in the story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin. Society cannot exist without consequences, there must always be retribution. This splendid city could not…

Optional Bonus Point Projects: Migrant Farmworkers In the documentary, "Viva La Causa" the working conditions for the migrant field workers were very poor and described as, "hard work, low pay." The video showed men wiping sweat off their faces with bandanas, so it was a clear indication that they worked in high temperatures and were not properly hydrated at all. They earned approximately a dollar an hour with no health benefits and the government did little to help. There were no laws set in…