Florida farm workers carry on the legacy of Cesar Chavez

Tue, 03/31/2009 - 13:24
  • Length: 5:30 minutes (5.03 MB)
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Today marks what would have been the 82nd birthday of Cesar Chavez. Eight states officially celebrate Cesar Chavez day to remember the labor leader, educator, and farm worker activist. He co-founded the United Farm Workers to improve working conditions in the California fields. Chavez died of natural causes in April of 1993, but his legacy lives on in various farmworker struggles. One of the groups picking up the torch is the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in South Florida. On the line from Immokalee is Gerardo Reyes, an organizer with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, or CIW...

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