Cesar Chavez and the Ethics of Exemplarity

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Maya
Keyword(s):  
Cesar Chavez

Chávez in Hollywood: A Roundtable: Cesar Chavez

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-93
Author(s):  
Bruce Neuburger
Keyword(s):  
Cesar Chavez

Dignity and Just Treatment of Workers

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-46
Author(s):  
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
United Farm Workers ◽  
Catholic Worker ◽  
Dorothy Day ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rerum Novarum ◽  
Cesar Chavez ◽  
Catholic Worker Movement

This chapter examines some of the historical trends, events, individuals, and experiences that pushed Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to release Rerum Novarum, the first papal encyclical. It also summarizes the main themes of this encyclical, whose title is translated as “The Condition of Labor.” It further provides an overview of the second papal encyclical, Quadragesimo Anno (“After Forty Years,” also known as “The Reconstruction of the Social Order”), released in 1931 by Pope Pius XI. The chapter concludes with an exploration of how these teachings on labor were interpreted and put into practice by the Catholic Worker movement, led by Dorothy Day, and the United Farm Workers movement, led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.

Cesar Chavez Library

2011 ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
John A. Flannery ◽  
Karen M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Garcia
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
The State ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
National Union ◽  
United Farm Workers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cesar Chavez

In September 1962, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) held its first convention in Fresno, California, initiating a multiracial movement that would result in the creation of United Farm Workers (UFW) and the first contracts for farm workers in the state of California. Led by Cesar Chavez, the union contributed a number of innovations to the art of social protest, including the most successful consumer boycott in the history of the United States. Chavez welcomed contributions from numerous ethnic and racial groups, men and women, young and old. For a time, the UFW was the realization of Martin Luther King Jr.’s beloved community—people from different backgrounds coming together to create a socially just world. During the 1970s, Chavez struggled to maintain the momentum created by the boycott as the state of California became more involved in adjudicating labor disputes under the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA). Although Chavez and the UFW ultimately failed to establish a permanent, national union, their successes and strategies continue to influence movements for farm worker justice today.

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