labor leaders

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labor leaders

Cesar Chavez

crusader for labor rights
2011
Provides information on the life of Cesar Chavez, discussing his childhood, emergence as a labor leader, activism, legacy, and other related topics.

Mother Jones

one woman's fight for labor
1995
Explores the life and career of Mary Harris Jones as an effective union organizer and speaker during the early 1900s.

Big Annie of Calumet

a true story of the Industrial Revolution
1996
The story of Annie Clemenc and the 1913 strike by copper miners employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in upper Michigan.

Eric Hoffer

1982

The fight in the fields

Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers movement
1998
Tells the story of Cesar Chavez and his fight to win dignity and justice for migrant farmworkers through the United Farm Workers union, and includes essays, letters, and poems contributed by men and women who participated on both sides of the struggle.

Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez

the farm workers' fight for rights and justice
2013
Discusses the life and achievements of Cesar Chavez as a workers' rights activist.

The words of C?sar Ch?vez

2002
Presents excerpts and transcripts from the speeches of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, organizer of the first farm workers union in the United States.

C?sar Ch?vez

a voice for farmworkers
2005
Presents a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, describing the life and accomplishments of the Mexican American labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers. Includes photographs.

C?sar

s?, se puede!
2006
A collection of poems and illustrations that describe life and times of Cesar Chavez.

C?sar Ch?vez

2006
Presents a graphic novel biography of the life of Cesar Chavez, explaining the historical significance of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.

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