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Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. The Struggle in the Fields. El Plan de Delano. September 16, 1965: the beginnings of the modern farm worker movement Declaration of the human rights of farm workers issued by Cesar Chavez. El Plan de Delano.

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Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

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  1. Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement The Struggle in the Fields

  2. El Plan de Delano • September 16, 1965: the beginnings of the modern farm worker movement • Declaration of the human rights of farm workers issued by Cesar Chavez

  3. El Plan de Delano • Foundation of the modern UFW (United Farm Workers) • Some say this is also marks the beginning of the Chicano Movement

  4. Farm workers issues • Union recognition with union contracts • Fair wages, pesticide controls, unemployment insurance, • Minimum wages, seniority and hiring hall • Secondary boycotts • National grape boycott • Chavez 25 day fast, 1968

  5. Other Major Events • July 29, 1970—major victory for UFW: major contracts signed with many growers • Proposition 22, 1972: upheld the right to secondary boycotts • The California Farm Labor Law, 1976: includes the right to form unions, secret ballot elections, workers protections • Proposition 14, 1976: attempt to make the law a part of the California Constitution: to guarantee the integrity of the law and secure firm funding. Failed.

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