On Cesar Chavez Day, we look at farmworkers’ new challenges

Saturday, March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day (his birthday) in California.
In 1962, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta joined the organizing efforts of the Filipino farmworkers and founded the National Farm Workers Association (later to become the United Farm Workers, or UFW) in California. Their worker-led movement drew national attention to farmworkers’ struggles and laid the groundwork for other farmworker unions and organizations. Chavez died in 1993 at age 66.
Farmworkers have come a long