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Cesar Chavez was a pillar of worker’s rights, why has his birthday become a day Chico State students party?   Cesar Chavez was a labor organizer and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association which became the United Farm Workers. Chavez and the UFW successfully increased wages and improved working conditions for...

California is home to more than one-third of the nation’s farmworkers, and Chavez is a household name. He founded the United Farm Workers of America in 1962, elevating the lives of agricultural workers.

March 31 is a federal holiday honoring Cesar Chavez, the farmworker organizer and civil rights leader who was born in Arizona.

Despite a stated goal to celebrate diversity by marking more holidays, Palo Alto officials rejected on Monday a recommendation to designate both Juneteenth and Cesar Chavez Day as paid days off for city workers.

Despite a stated goal to celebrate diversity by marking more holidays, Palo Alto officials rejected on Monday a recommendation to designate both Juneteenth and Cesar Chavez Day as paid days off for city workers.

During a regular board meeting for the Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees on July 25, members decided to recognize César Chavez Day as an official holiday in the Alamo Colleges District.

More families in Sacramento have books in their homes thanks to the event Literacy is Key. Cesar Chavez Day featured a big book giveaway at Rainbow Park.

There are also malicious myths tainting the life and the memory of Cesar Chavez that need to be repudiated, most particularly the lies that he was  not an American but a Mexican national, and that he was a “Communist,” both of which were first promulgated by the John Birch Society. They are utterly

Cesar Chavez was born and died in Arizona near Yuma and San Luis field, filled with farmworkers he dedicated his life to protect.