Chicano! History of the
Mexican American Civil
Rights Movement
The Struggle in the Fields
El Plan de Delano
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September 16, 1965:
the beginnings of the
modern farm worker
movement
Declaration of the
human rights of farm
workers issued by
Cesar Chavez
El Plan de Delano
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Foundation of the
modern UFW (United
Farm Workers)
Some say this is also
marks the beginning of
the Chicano Movement
Farm workers issues
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Union recognition with union
contracts
Fair wages, pesticide controls,
unemployment insurance,
Minimum wages, seniority and
hiring hall
Secondary boycotts
National grape boycott
Chavez 25 day fast, 1968
Other Major Events
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July 29, 1970—major victory for UFW: major
contracts signed with many growers
Proposition 22, 1972: upheld the right to
secondary boycotts
The California Farm Labor Law, 1976: includes
the right to form unions, secret ballot elections,
workers protections
Proposition 14, 1976: attempt to make the law a
part of the California Constitution: to guarantee
the integrity of the law and secure firm funding.
Failed.