But mostly he spoke about Cesar Chavez, the labor leader and civil rights activist committed to empowering migrant farm workers and improving their wages and living conditions through nonviolent ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. What holiday is today? See whether banks, DMV are open today as Cesar Chavez is remembered The vigilante work Chávez did in his lifetime is still felt ...

Chicano and civil-rights icon César E. Chávez was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona, to migrant laborers. He worked in the fields before joining the Navy for two years and returning to ...

Thousands of union members and their supporters marched through Delano, the historic home of the United Farm Workers union, in celebration of César Chávez Day on what would have been the late ...

"We find strength in what Cesar Chavez accomplished so many years ago. And we should honor him for what he's taught us about making America a stronger, more just and more prosperous nation.

The United Farm Workers labor union started in Kern County but it certainly didn't stop there — and neither would a national park that has been proposed to honor the organization, one of its ...

The monument was established by President Barack Obama in 2012. “I think recognizing the work that Cesar Chavez did, the sacrifices that he made, and the difference that he made in people’s ...