Accomplishments Of Cesar Chavez

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Who is Cesar Chavez? Do you have the slightest idea as to who he is, where he came from, or what he did? According to source AA, Cesar Chavez was a man, who was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona in the United States of America. When he grew up he decided to invest his time to help others. He helped the farm workers receive better working conditions, and better wages. He started in Delano California in the year 1962 by founding the United Farm Workers Association. He went through multiple of obstacles, but he never gave up, instead he went on. I strongly agree with the fact that Cesar Chavez should be honored for his actions due to the fact that he helped improve the farmworkers’ conditions and wages. The sites where he is being honored …show more content…

which deserves respect and honor. Cesar Chavez changed and helped farm workers get better wages and working conditions. According to the source BB, I saw that the farm workers were all drinking from the same cup. This was very unsanitary and each should have their own cup to drink out of. Drinking out of the same cup is dangerous because of diseases that the farm workers could get. According to source H, in 1970, the Field Sanitation Standards specifically says that agricultural employers with 11 or more employees that work on hand labor operations in a field must provide: drinking water at a suitable drinking temperature, toilet and handwashing facilities within an accessible distance and the employee must be notified by the employer of the location of these places. According to source K, Cesar decided to create the UFW in 1962 at Delano California. Then the Filipino American grape workers went out on a strike against Delano area-table. They protested the poor pay and bad working conditions. Then the workers decided to ask Cesar Chavez to join their strike and he agreed to join. Cesar and the NFWA thought their strike would take a lot of time, but he decided to join the …show more content…

There are only 5 sites in the entire city of San Luis, Arizona. In my personal opinion i believe there should be at least 7 places where the residents in San Luis AZ can go to see who this incredible human being was and know about his brave and heroic actions. I really think that there should be a day where celebrate his life, and where we could teach the younger generations what Cesar Chavez’ legacy was. I f we don’t take action, one day we will lose what we have and this person will be forgotten. Using source A which is a picture from historian, Jeffrey Saari, the image shows the Union Hall. This was a Union Hall back in the 1970’s, but now is a church. It is very old and rusty, i think that the state should be able to invest some money to make it look better. I think people would be intrigued by the salon if it looked better, and it could attract them. A plaque should be placed there that explains what it was and what Cesar Chavez used it for because that way people can have an idea as to what it is. According to Source B, which is another picture taken by historian, Jeffrey Saari, there is Cesar Chavez’ home in Cesar Chavez street. There is a plaque saying something about Cesar but not as big enough, and is for rent here in San Luis, Arizona. Then there is our cultural center here in San Luis Arizona and a