migrant agricultural laborers

Presents excerpts and transcripts from the speeches of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, organizer of the first farm workers union in the United States.

Presents a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, describing the life and accomplishments of the Mexican American labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers. Includes photographs.

Examines the history of migrant workers in the United States, discussing why people are willing to leave Mexico to do such hard work for so little pay, and looking at efforts to improve conditions for migrant workers.

Presents a firsthand account of the Dust Bowl refugees, migrant labor camps, and labor activism among Anglo and Mexican farm workers in California through a collection of personal writings and photographs.

Presents a biography of Cesar Chavez, a Chicano farm worker-labor organizer, with short essays written by people involved in his life.

The saga of a family in 1939 that struggles through the Great Depression by laboring as Dust Bowl migrants.

Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American who helped organize farm workers into a powerful union.

Describes the ways of life of nomad hunters and gatherers, pastoralists, and travelers, presenting case studies of six groups--Australian aborigines, Native Americans, indigenous Amazonians, the Maasai, the Bedouin, and the Roma; discussing their rights, persecution, and the issue of protection; and providing statistics, a time line, and a nomad groups map.

Looks at the life of Cesar Chavez and discusses his work to unionize and ensure the rights of migrant farm workers.

Traces the life and accomplishments of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers.