Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927. He would grow to lead strikes and become one of the greatest US farm worker ...

That’s the one you know, but there have been others. There is the Delano Grape Strike and Boycott led by César Chávez that resulted in the creation of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union.

Farmworkers in San Luis remember the legacy of Cesar Chávez. In 2000, Congress made March 31 the commemoration date for the ...

So it has not been invented yet, and neither has a grape-picking machine ... In September, 1965, they called a general strike in Delano, California, against 38 major growers.

A Labor Day story of migrant farmworker Larry Itliong’s fight for better conditions In 1965, Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano grape strike and boycott for ...

She organized the 500 workers at the Delano farm to strike with the UFW’s support ... and I know the fight is not about the grapes or the lettuce, but it’s about the people,” said Bonta ...

Cesar Chavez, the prominent labor rights activist and co-founder of United Farm Workers, is honored on Monday, March 31. Are ...

The Mass also reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike ... the United Farm Workers. The strike and boycott ended in 1970 after 26 table grape growers signed contracts with ...

Cesar Chávez helped inspire the farmworker labor rights movement with a strike and boycott of grapes in Delano, California, in 1965. Since then, the United Farm Workers has continued its work.