Around half of California's farmworkers lack legal immigration status, though United Farm Workers says the number is much higher.

The name César Chávez is extra special to Kern County, as the years-long grape strike, for which Chávez is often remembered, happened right here in Delano.

Workers from across California gathered in Delano on Cesar Chavez Day to oppose the Trump administration's attacks on ...

Picketing was in protest over the arrest of 29 persons at a Delano, California ... American farmworkers went on strike to demand higher wages for grape pickers Cesar Chavez’s UFW joined them.

Marches and rallies across the state highlighted the role of immigrant workers “as the backbone of American society,” organizers said.

As NCR commits to cover the response of the church to the onslaught of cruelty coming from the Trump administration, this ...

Jose Luis Chavez remembers watching the Delano Grape Strike. He was a young man living in Las Colonias, then a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Grand Junction. Jose Chavez, who once worked as ...

César Chavez’s fasting room during the 1968 Delano, CA, grape strike. From Marked, Unmarked, Remembered by Andrew Lichtenstein. Andrew Lichtenstein From Marked, Unmarked, Remembered by Andrew ...

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

He made his lasting impression on American culture during his highly successful Delano grape vine strike from 1965 to 1970. Alongside Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers ...

She organized the 500 workers at the Delano farm to strike with the UFW’s support. Eventually, they won a union contract, and Sanchez was elected as the union representative at her workplace.

Gabriel Leal said he witnessed ICE detaining some of his farmworker friends during raids in January.