Cesar Chavez starts the battle for farm workers rights
• In 1962, a
Californian named Caesar Chavez started a movement
to organize farm workers and improve living and working
conditions for those who made their livings in the fields.
The movement eventually became the United Farm Workers of
America AFL-CIO.
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• The UFW was more than a union. It
was also a civil rights organization fighting for equal rights and
respect for Mexican Americans.