USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chávez changed that when he dedicated his life to winning recognition for the rights of agricultural workers, inspiring and organizing them into the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers.

Detailed explanation-2: -With $1, 200 in life savings he founded the National Farm Workers Association with 10 members – Cesar, his wife and their eight young children. The NFWA later became the United Farm Workers of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chávez’s decision to create a farmworker’s union changed his life and the lives of migrant workers in the United States. Dolores Huerta, a fellow CSO organizer, was the first person he approached to assist in the creation of the National Farm Workers Association (NWFA).

Detailed explanation-4: -Cesar Chavez spent most of his life working on farms in California, where pay was low and comforts were few. He wanted to improve the situation, so in the 1950s, he started organizing agricultural workers into a labor union that would demand higher pay and better working conditions from their employers.

Detailed explanation-5: -A servant leader, Chavez co-founded the National Farmworkers Association (NFWA) in 1962, which fought to empower farmworkers to advocate for social justice reforms and respect in their workplace – the fields.