labor leaders

Presents a brief biography of Dolores Huerta, describing her efforts in the 1960s to organize migrant workers in California into a union that became the United Farm Workers.

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

Tells the story of Cesar Chavez, a Mexican American farm worker who fought for the rights of migrant agricultural laborers and created the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA).

Includes bibliographical references.

Emma Tenayuca, a young Mexican American girl in San Antonio in the 1920s, learns about poverty and hunger while people work long hours for slave wages at pecan-shelling factories, and at the age of twenty-one leads twelve thousand workers in a struggle for justice.

Examines the life of Casar E. Chavez, discussing his work as a farm laborer, and looking at his efforts to unionize farm workers in order to provide them better pay and working conditions.

Simple Spanish text presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.

A biography of the labor leader who grew up in Ireland, emigrated to the United States, lost her family to yellow fever, and helped the mistreated working class, from coal miners to child mill workers, achieve better working conditions in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Presents the life of Cesar Chavez, focusing primarily on his work organizing the National Farm Workers Association and working for improved working and living conditions for all Mexican Americans.

"A biography of Cesar Chavez, a social activist, union organizer, and spokesperson for the poor. Also profiled are two prominent individuals, who are associated through the influences they had on one another, the successes they achieved, or the goals they worked toward. Includes recommended readings and web sites"--Provided by publisher.