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There  is no Spanish but English at Chavez's school.

His teachers nicknamed him Cesar and it stayed with him as an adult.

Chavez's early life is farming and studying at school

Teachers didn't respect Chavez's  Mexican heritage.

When his chores were done, he went to school

He fed his family's animals with eggs he gathered.

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-Great depression spread through USA during 1930s
- Family sold store and farm
- Family moves to California for work

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farmers conditions are terrible.

farm owners took advantage of the workers.

workers worked for only a few dollars

Cesar started a small group that worked hard to start a union

workers were nervous that owners  wouldn't hire them.

Workers and Cesar caused people to get interested in them

Cesar used their attention to ask Americans to stop picking grapes

This caused owners to loose lots of money

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The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) joined together

The AWOC was helping Filipino farmers

The AWOC was on strike in Delano too.

Both unions became the United Farm Workers (UFW)

Chavez was chosen as leader

Chavez askes California Government for help

Legislature passes Agricultural Labor Relations Act.

The UFW signed many contracts with farm owners

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There was no laws to protect farm workers pay

Taught Chavez to stand for beliefs

Librado didn't work if owners cheated their money

Librado would strike with other workers

Librado would stop picking if owners cheated workers

Owners could lower wages if they wanted

Chavez's family had to move often to find work

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Born March 31 1927

Second of six family's

Help family with grocery stores

Loving  hard working Family

Live Yuma'Arizona.

He is Mexican

Born in Mexico

Grandfather come from U.S.A.

Mother alsow born in mexico

Ceser family spoke spanish.

Has a mexican hariti

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Instead of talking with the union owners got angry

Owners were not happy their grapes weren't being picked

Owners hired people  to attack people in the union

Chavez believed arguments should be solved without violence

To remind the union to stay peaceful, Chavez started a fast

Chavez did not eat for 25 days

Chavez' s  fast succeeded in bringing peace to the union

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-Great depression spread through USA during 1930s
- Chavez Family sold store and farm
- Chavez Family moves to California for work

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being a migrant worker wasn't easy

-most fields had no bathrooms or drinking water

- owners paid hardly any money to their workers

-workers could only afford shacks or tents

-owners would not listen to them or help them

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picked crop all day

Quit school to work with parents

Had back pain for bending down

Lived in barrios

Worked with parents

Picked up lettuce and sugar beets

They did not get payed enough

They could not use the bathrooms only in the forest

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Chavez tried to change the pesticides on crops.

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In 1992 Chaves got a job working in the Community Service Organization

He learned how to  organize groups

He also learned how to run events

The (CSO) taught him about his rights.

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Instead of talking with the union owners got angry

Owners were not happy their grapes weren't being picked

Owners hired people  to attack people in the union

Chavez believed arguments should be solved without violence

To remind the union to stay peaceful, Chavez started a fast

Chavez did not eat for 25 days

Chavez' s  fast succeeded in bringing peace to the union Instead of talking with the union owners got angry

Owners were not happy their grapes weren't being picked

Owners hired people  to attack people in the union

Chavez believed arguments should be solved without violence

To remind the union to stay peaceful, Chavez started a fast

Chavez did not eat for 25 days

Chavez' s  fast succeeded in bringing peace to the union

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Helen was the wife of Cesar

Chavez met Helen when he was a teenager

She worked as an employee at a grocery store

She quit school to make money

In 1948 Cesar and Fabela got married

Both taught farmworkers to read and write

Over 10 years they had 8 kids

They both worked in the fields

They helped many Mexicans become U.S. citizens

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- Chavez tried to change pesticides on crops.

- Dangerous pesticides could make farm workers sick.

- He would not eat for 36 days.

- He and others wanted  pesticides agenst the law.

- The govermment said harmful pesticides illegal.