Cesar Chavez was a co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union. Today, March 31, was his birthday. It's a state holiday in California.Union organizing may not be on the forefront of everybody's mind these days, but farm workers still pick berries and vegetables by hand, stooped over in the fields. And, today's mess with undocumented workers and the heated debate over immigration is closely related to the cheap strawberries we enjoy.
By the way, the United Farm Workers coined the slogan Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can), that's been picked up by Barack Obama.
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