USCIS 100:51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
UFW: Cesar Chavez: Embrace the Legacy (5 min. UFW video)
Learn about the legacy of Cesar Chavez from Martin Sheen, Edward James Olmos, Edward James Olmos and others and get involved in keeping Cesar's dream alive!
Cesar Chavez started the United Farm Workers union, because farmworkers did not have "the legal right to organize and to vote for collective bargaining. They didn't have the right to have clean drinking water, access to portable toilets, lunch breaks, or short rest breaks during workdays. And they were not entitled to the minimum wage or unemployment insurance."
- Cesar Chavez Day resources from California Department of Education
- EL Civics Cesar Chavez Day
- César E. Chávez Memorial Walkway Opens in San Jose. For more info, visit the United Farm Workers website.
- Manythings.org: Listen and Read Along: Cesar Chavez
- ListenAndReadAlong: Biography - CC - Cesar Chavez - Hero of the Migrant Farm Workers Labor Union
Today we tell about one of the great labor activists, Cesar Chavez. He organized the first successful farm workers union in American history.
USCIS 100:51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
- freedom of expression
- freedom of speech
- freedom of assembly
- freedom to petition the government
- freedom of worship
- the right to bear arms
Family Fun:
- education.com: Cesar Chavez Coloring Page (fixed)
- education.com: Dolores Huerta Coloring Page
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