When my family migrated from New México to California in the late 1960s, César E. Chávez was in the midst of his crusade to gain labor rights for the farm workers who made fortunes for grape growers ...

The last day of March commemorates labor activist and civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, whose fight to better the lives of the nation’s farmworkers helped improve the inhumane working conditions of the ...

PHOENIX — The first major motion picture about Arizona native and American icon Cesar Chavez will be screened at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix on Thursday night. Among those in attendance will be ...

Chávez was a civil rights leader and labor activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers to advocate for better wages and working conditions for farm laborers. He played a key role in organizing ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (KESQ) On César Chávez Day, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.-25) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to create the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker ...

Usually when we commemorate the holidays dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. or Cesar Chavez, we talk about their individual histories and their organizing struggles for justice. That is fitting; ...

A portrait of United Farm Worker founder César E. Chávez is surrounded by oranges in an altar created for a farmworker breakfast at the Pan American Community Center in Madera on March 30, 2025. JUAN ...