Picketing was in protest over the arrest of 29 persons at a Delano, California ... farmworkers went on strike to demand higher wages for grape pickers Cesar Chavez’s UFW joined them.

Sixty years after the historic Delano grape strike, which launched Chávez’s 280-mile march to Sacramento with Filipino American and Mexican American farmworkers, over 5,000 United Farm Worker ...

In honor of the late labor leader and civil rights activist’s birthday, Los Angeles will observe César Chávez Day on Monday, March 31.

Marches and rallies across the state highlighted the role of immigrant workers “as the backbone of American society,” organizers said.

Farmworkers in San Luis remember the legacy of Cesar Chávez. In 2000, Congress made March 31 the commemoration date for the ...

home of the historic Delano Grape Strike that began the struggle of the United Farm Workers. The Real News reports from the ground, speaking with union and community leaders who say workers are ...

Five Catholic prelates who helped secure table grape contracts during the legendary Delano grape boycott were labeled "misguided clerics" by the president of a corporate lobbying group.

DELANO, Calif. — Carolina Sanchez joined the ... and I know the fight is not about the grapes or the lettuce, but it’s about the people,” said Bonta, who was born in the Philippines and ...

They also reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. The 26th annual Cesar E. Chávez Memorial Breakfast is set for Friday, April 4, at the Riverside Marriott ...