Labor Relations in California: C Sar Ch Vez, Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles Times Bombing, Harry Bridges, Salad Bowl Strike

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Cesar Chavez, Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles Times bombing, Harry Bridges, Salad Bowl strike, Employment Development Department, 1934 West Coast waterfront strike, United Farm Workers, San Diego Free Speech Fight, Bracero Program, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, John Swett, Dolores Huerta, San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994, Oxnard Strike of 1903, Delano grape strike, Hollywood Black Friday, Disney animators' strike, National Union of Healthcare Workers, Directors Guild of America, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, Miguel Contreras, California Teachers Association, Associated Motion Picture Pilots, Ernesto Galarza, Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003-2004, End Poverty in California movement, Wheatland Hop Riot, California State Employees Association, Arnoldo Torres, League of Independent Workers of the San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Port Police Association, List of Hollywood strikes, California State University Employees Union, California Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Excerpt: Cesar Estrada Chavez (Spanish pronunciation: March 31, 1927 - April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). A Mexican American, Chavez became the best known Latino civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support. By the late 1970s, his tactics had forced growers to recognize the UFW as the bargaining agent for 50,000 field workers in Califo...