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La Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers' Story
America's historical heroes are distinguished by their determination!
104 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1992
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July 19, 2013
Viva la Causa!
Do you or does your child know where your food comes from? No, I do not mean in plastic wrapping in pristine supermarkets. This book tells the ever-important story of those people who do backbreaking labor, hour after hour, day after day, for basic wages (and sometimes not even that), with few benefits most of us take for granted. Although the book tells of the founding of the United Farm Workers Union, the issues of social justice facing migrant farm workers remain as current as they did a century ago. This is a book every school child and parent should read. This book tells of the conditions that led Cesar Chavez and his wife, Delores Huerta, to organize and found the United Farm Workers in the face of considerable personal danger and against strong odds. An epilogue and afterword tells of the contribution of Chavez and the union, along with the challenges these largely invisible people face today.
Do you or does your child know where your food comes from? No, I do not mean in plastic wrapping in pristine supermarkets. This book tells the ever-important story of those people who do backbreaking labor, hour after hour, day after day, for basic wages (and sometimes not even that), with few benefits most of us take for granted. Although the book tells of the founding of the United Farm Workers Union, the issues of social justice facing migrant farm workers remain as current as they did a century ago. This is a book every school child and parent should read. This book tells of the conditions that led Cesar Chavez and his wife, Delores Huerta, to organize and found the United Farm Workers in the face of considerable personal danger and against strong odds. An epilogue and afterword tells of the contribution of Chavez and the union, along with the challenges these largely invisible people face today.
August 5, 2025
A family stiffed by a vineyard contractor. Another family trying to help workers shortchanged. Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta saw the injustices as kids, and led a movement to rectify the crooked managers.
“La Causa” tells how they did.
In California, the wine growers have a myth attached to them, but it would be good to know who treats their workers fairly—and who does not. Every American should know this story.
“La Causa” tells how they did.
In California, the wine growers have a myth attached to them, but it would be good to know who treats their workers fairly—and who does not. Every American should know this story.
May 14, 2024
Great kids book on major actions by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
March 23, 2021
Very informative and an easy read; I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a overview of La Causa.
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