tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post311951576816338355..comments2024-01-04T07:05:27.381-06:00Comments on Immigration Talk with a Mexican American: Arpaio DISTORTS Arrest Info and VIOLATES ICE PolicyDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-24697044613487151922010-05-11T09:07:58.717-05:002010-05-11T09:07:58.717-05:00Cesar Chavez and the Grape Strike, a successful bo...Cesar Chavez and the Grape Strike, a successful boycott of Grapes in California - History of Social Issues and Fights for Justice - Useful for Arizona Boycott<br /><br />Cesar Chavez was raised in an Arizonan Farm and was so poor that he could not study. He learned everything in the fruit fields. This piece of History can be useful to understand the present Boycott of Arizona, its products, services, tourism, conventions, etc ....<br /><br />This Arizona Boycott is wonderful for Youth, Youngsters, Students, that want to feel the adrenaline of a grassroots movement and go into politics later. They would know a grassroots movement from the inside.<br /><br /><br />From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :<br /><br />Delano grape strike<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delano_grape_strike<br /><br /><br />Some excerpts :<br /><br />The Delano grape strike was a strike, boycott, and secondary boycott led by the United Farm Workers (UFW) against growers of table grapes in California. The strike began on September 8, 1965, and lasted more than five years. The strike was significant victory for the UFW, leading to a first contract with these growers.<br /><br />The strike began when the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, mostly Filipino farm workers in Delano, California, led by Philip Vera Cruz, Larry Itliong and Pete Velasco, walked off the farms of area table-grape growers, demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage.[1][2][3] One week after the strike began, the predominantly Mexican-American National Farmworkers Association, led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, joined the strike, and eventually the two groups merged, forming the United Farm Workers of America in August 1966.[3] Quickly, the strike spread to over 2,000 workers.<br /><br />Through its grassroots efforts—utilizing consumer boycotts, marches, community organizing and nonviolent resistance—the movement gained national attention for the plight of some of the nation's lowest-paid workers.[2][3] By 1970, the UFW had succeeded in reaching a collective bargaining agreement with the table-grape growers, affecting in excess of 10,000 farm workers.[1][2][3]<br />[edit] Background<br /><br />As a result of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee’s decision to strike against Delano grape growers on September 8, 1965, Chavez held a conference in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, on September 16 which is the Mexican Independence Day, in order to allow the National Farm Workers Association to decide for themselves whether or not to join the struggle at Delano. An estimated crowd of more than twelve hundred supporters and members of Chavez’s organization repeatedly chanted, “Huelga!” the Spanish word for strike, in favor of supporting the Delano grape farmers.[4]<br /><br />On March 17, 1966 Cesar Chavez embarked on a three hundred mile pilgrimage from Delano California to the state’s capital of Sacramento. This was an attempt to pressure the growers and the state government to answer the demands of the Mexican and Filipino farm workers which represented the Filipino-dominated Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the Mexican-dominated National Farm Workers Association, led by Cesar Chavez. The pilgrimage was also intended to bring public attention to the farm worker’s cause. Shortly after this, the National Farm Workers Association and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee merged and became known as the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee.[5]<br /><br /><br /><b>Youth, Minorities, Demography and Politics :</b><br /><br /><a href="http://milenials.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"><strong>Milenials.com</strong></a><br /><br />Vicente DuqueDefensores de Democraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990488344886411353noreply@blogger.com