Cesar Chavez Summary

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INJUSTICE
Many workers had Hispanic farm workers
Unfair wages and had poor living conditions could barely eat. and no running water. (Brainpop np)
While they were working, they had
In the fields dangerous pesticides were sprayed on workers

REACTION
Cesar Chavez created the NFWA for farmers rights. To protest these injustices, workers in Delano would go on strike and protest in front of stores that sold their crops. 17 million people stopped buying grapes. They also marched from Delano to Sacramento. Some people would fast to protest. (Viva La Causa np)

CONFLICT
Companies hired new people. They would blow dust on strikers. They