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Ch谩vez, Cesar
- An American labor leader of the twentieth century. In the 1960s, Ch谩vez organized food harvesters in California , many of them Mexican-Americans like himself, into the United Farm Workers. This labor union led nationwide boycotts against the table grape industry and the lettuce industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Ch谩vez is known for his commitment to nonviolent resistance .
Example Sentences
In 2006, when Nunez was Assembly speaker, he encouraged De Le贸n to run in a district that included Northeast Los Angeles against Christine Chavez, Cesar Chavez鈥檚 granddaughter.
Many would rather work for a restaurant, but when forced to pick among the apps, Chavez, Cesar, and others choose Relay, which they say pays better and more consistently than its piecework peers.
At the end of the day, Paul Ch谩vez, C茅sar鈥檚 son and the C茅sar Ch谩vez Foundation president, found himself thinking about another birthday celebration for his father and of that famous bust.
Sanders stood under a broiling sun in Delano聽as Federico Chavez, Cesar鈥檚 nephew, pointed to the sites of聽struggles past and current.
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