Word: cesar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...termed the "Late Sixties." Many movements arose (and subsequently declined) during that era, but one movement which rose up on the crest of the Civil Rights Movement continues to push forward, and remarkably has kept all of its original principles intact. The United Farm Workers' (UFW) Union, led by Cesar Chavez, has weathered 17 years of struggle with California agribusiness and since 1962, has become a viable instrument in representing and protecting farm labor...
...boycott yet another brand name: Red Coach Lettuce. Why are the farm workers asking their friends to answer yet another call for support? "Because what began as a traditional economic dispute between labor and management has turned into another attempt by growers to crush the union." UFW President Cesar Chavez says. "Because agribusiness has not really accepted the idea of free collective bargaining. Because many growers still hope to destroy...
...Cesar Chavez, President of the United Farmworkers of America (UFW), asked state union officials to support a boycott of non-union lettuce grown in California...
Your report on the presidential ambitions of Governor Brown noted that he would "get a boost from the Haydens, who ... will tour 50 cities with the occasional assistance of such notables as Cesar Chavez, Gloria Steinem and Jesse Jackson...
...Hampshire to campaign on Sept. 9. Later in the fall, he expects to campaign around the country. The Governor will also get a boost from the Haydens, who, starting at Three Mile Island in late September, will tour 50 cities with the occasional assistance of such notables as Cesar Chavez, Gloria Steinem and Jesse Jackson. Though they have not formally endorsed Brown for President, the Haydens consider him to be the most "relevant" politician for America and the one most likely to be converted to their Campaign for Economic Democracy...