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Now in Spanish, read about C'sar Ch'vez and his experiences as a migrant farmworker. He knew about poverty and pain, discrimination and despair. He grew up with one goal: to make a difference. Ch'vez organized a labor union'which became the United Farm Workers Union'to demand higher wages and better working and living conditions. A staunch believer in nonviolence, his strategies included strikes, boycotts, marches, and personal hunger strikes. By bringing national attention to the workers? desperate plight, Ch'vez forced growers to improve their laborers? lives.Guzman, Lila is the author of 'Cesar Chavez La Lucha Por Lo Justo', published 2007 under ISBN 9780766026797 and ISBN 0766026795.
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