Today marks the 32nd anniversary of #CesarChavez passing. Can you share how he influenced you?

Hoy se cumplen 32 años del fallecimiento de César Chávez. ¿Puedes compartir cómo te influyó?

In the old days, miners would carry birds with them to warn against poison gas. Hopefully, the birds would die before the miners. Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers-and their children-demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else. - #CesarChavez 1/

People forget that the soil is our sustenance. It's a sacred trust. It is what has worked for us for centuries. It is what we pass on to future generations. - #CesarChavez #EarthDay

"History will judge societies, govts & insts: by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor & the helpless."
#CesarChavez

CS King: “César Chávez isn't an accident; he's a genius of his ppl, & their farm WKRs union -hero union. When you've succeeded in making your lives more secure & richer -whole nation will benefit. That's why your struggle has deeper dimensions than a strike for wages. You're demanding a place in the halls of man -no lowly ppl -only ppl who're forced down.”
#Unions

"History will judge societies and governments - and the institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless." - #CesarChavez

Happy Birthday #CesarChavez! Together we can continue his life’s work of organizing farm workers. Make your donation today. https://ufw.org/chavezmarch2025 or https://paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou

“...Is it so much to ask that the poorest people of the land have a measure of justice?” - #CesarChavez

"... ¿Es mucho pedir que las personas más pobres de la tierra tengan un poco de justicia?" - César Chavez

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore." -#CesarChavez #WeFeedYou

"When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.” #CesarChavez

We are sons and daughters of the farm workers’ revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking bread and justice.” #CesarChavez

"Somos hijos e hijas de la revolución de los campesinos, una revolución de los pobres que buscan pan y justicia."
- César Chavez

Society is made up of groups. As long as the smaller groups do not have the same rights & protection as others...it is not going to work. Somehow the guys in power have to be reached by counterpower or through a change in the hearts & minds or change will not come. #CesarChavez

"There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.” - #CesarChavez

Maribel, a blueberry worker says, "This March 31st is a special day. It's the birthday of #CesarChavez. There will be a march in Delano that I'll join to continue honoring our great leader, César Chávez. He fought hard to end so many injustices against us farmworkers." #WeFeedYou

Guillermina's harvested CAs grapes, blueberries, citrus & pistachios for 20+ yrs: I invite you to march with us on March 31st on #CesarChavez Day. By showing we're united, we are a force, that will make a difference. As César Chávez said: Sí Se Puede! #WithTheseHands #WeFeedYou

Celia is a Central Valley sweet potato worker. She shares: I'm going to participate in the March 31 #CesarChavez immigration march in Delano, CA. I'm a American citizen, but I too once worried if we were going to return home with our children. These raids must stop. #WeFeedYou

March 17, 1966 - Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association left Delano for Sacramento, the capital of California, a 340-mile march which would take three weeks. They were calling public attention to the plight of farm workers and for their struggle for the right to organize a union.
#NFWA #CesarChavez

Today in Labor History March 17, 1966: 100 striking Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers marched from Delano, California to Sacramento to pressure the growers and the state government to answer their demands for better working conditions and higher wages, which were, at the time, below the federal minimum wage. By the time the marchers arrived, on Easter Sunday, April 11, the crowd had grown to 10,000 protesters and their supporters. A few months later, the two unions that represented them, the National Farm Workers Association, led by César Chávez, and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, joined to form the United Farm Workers. The strike was launched on September 8, 1965, by Filipino grape pickers. Mexicans were initially hired as scabs. So, Filipino strike leader Larry Itliong approached Cesar Chavez to get the support of the National Farm Workers Association, and on September 16, 1965, the Mexican farm workers joined the strike. During the strike, the growers and their vigilantes would physically assault the workers and drive their cars and trucks into the picket lines. They also sprayed strikers with pesticides. The strikers persevered nonviolently. They went to the Oakland docks and convinced the longshore workers to support them by refusing to load grapes. This resulted in the spoilage of 1,000 ten-ton cases of grapes. The success of this tactic led to the decision to launch a national grape boycott, which would ultimately help them win the struggle against the growers.

In a text message to reporters, Communications Secretary #CesarChavez said: “His dismissal has already been approved by the president,” confirming Tansingco’s relief as BI chief. #POGO #PogoProbe #Philippines

Marcos fires immigration chief
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-jr-fires-bureau-immigration-chief-tansingco-september-9-2024/

Today marks the 31st anniversary of #CesarChavez passing. Can you share how he influenced you?

Hoy se cumplen 31 años del fallecimiento de César Chávez. ¿Puedes compartir cómo te influyó?

"We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves." #CesarChavez #EarthDay