Cesar Chevaz

Peaceful Protests

Chavez founded a group that advocates for the rights of farm workers, acting to increase wages and improve the working conditions and safety of farm workers. He also organized strikes and nation-wide boycotts of agricultural products in order to help workers. Chavez went on many hunger strikes, refusing to eat until violence against strikers ended and until legislators voted to make laws improving the lives of farm workers. He was also jailed many times during his fight against terrible migrant worker conditions.