On September 30, 1962, legendary Chicano civil rights activist Cesar Chavez founded what would become the United Farm Workers of America—and with migrant labor a focus of the U.S. political debate, the UFW’s 50th anniversary is especially relevant.
Harvesting Labor Rights: Chavez’s UFW At 50
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A group of braceros, migrant Mexican workers allowed into the United States for a limited time, harvest a field of strawberries in the Salinas Valley, CA on June 29th, 1963.