NEWS
United Farm Workers Organizers List Gains
September 5, 1994 | Associated Press
The United Farm Workers has signed 10,000 new members this year and won seven union representation elections, organizers said at the union's 12th national convention, the first since the death of founder Cesar Chavez. "(There is) a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of commitment to carry on Cesar's work," union President Arturo Rodriguez said of the 500 delegates who attended the convention Saturday and Sunday. Federal housing chief Henry G.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Ufw's Roots
March 27, 2014 | Diana Marcum
The audience members stepped off buses waving red UFW flags. Some came straight from the fields. Those from Salinas and Madera and farther away had given up a day's wages to attend. The first feature film about Cesar Chavez had been screened in Los Angeles and at the White House. On Tuesday evening, "Cesar Chavez" played outdoors and in Spanish for the farmworkers Chavez represented. "From the beginning, we said we have to go back and give it to the people," director Diego Luna said.
Ufw's Roots
March 27, 2014 | Diana Marcum
The audience members stepped off buses waving red UFW flags. Some came straight from the fields. Those from Salinas and Madera and farther away had given up a day's wages to attend. The first feature film about Cesar Chavez had been screened in Los Angeles and at the White House. On Tuesday evening, "Cesar Chavez" played outdoors and in Spanish for the farmworkers Chavez represented. "From the beginning, we said we have to go back and give it to the people," director Diego Luna said.