United Food and Commercial Workers

construct and create a better living for each and every one of the Immigrant families. Throughout the video there were testimonies and stories of how the Immigrant workers were being treated until and throughout the boycotts to get better wages. For example, a woman was asked how much she was being paid and if her child would become a field worker just like her. She stated that she was payed 2 dollars a day and she believed that her child should rather be in school instead of the fields. As the…

Ricky Rodriguez Humanities 262 / Spanish 262 Spring 2018 Essay #2 Dolores Huerta Dolores Huerta is one of the most underdiscussed figures in the United Farm Workers movement. She worked alongside Cesar Chavez and even is credited with coining the “Si se puede” slogan of the movement. She is a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award, a recipient of the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, and the founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Dolores Huerta is an incredibly inspiring…

In the early 1900s, labor issues in the United States were becoming more of a problem that people acknowledged and began to respond against. During this time, the western part of America was flowing with business; including many labor intensive jobs such as mining and laying railroad tracks. Although these jobs were often dangerous and exhausting, desperate men were willing to work under poor conditions just to care for their families. Eventually workers began to stand against their companies…

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…

were sent to the frontlines. Some farmers were drafted and others voluntarily left the fields in drove to seek higher wages in the defense industry (Lampe, 2008). Despite the fact that there were fewer farmers available, food was needed to support troops and the increase of food production…

black workers, the workers had to take it upon themselves to free themselves from the major exploitation and repression. Black workers were the ones that had the absolute worse conditions and compared to white workers, they worked for the lowest pay, were placed in the most dangerous environments and had the most back breaking work. There were many instances where workers were injured or worse but no one seemed to care about the issues they brought up or thought needed to be fixed. Workers were…

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…

conditions in their homes and while working . After four years, he was able to make a change for the United Farm Workers. Cesar had courage to go on a hunger strike. On document C it explains that because the growers weren’t cooperating, he went on a hunger strike to make a peaceful approach. There was donations during the time for them to help them benefit from supplies since the farm workers were on strike. His hunger strike lasted for 36 days to call attention to the harmful pesticides…

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…