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March honors United Farm Workers Union organizer Cesar Chavez. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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April 20, 1994
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1994 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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TACTIC (Say it TACK-tic): A way to get something done.
Thousands of farm workers are on a 350-mile march through California this week. They are marching to honor Cesar Chavez.
Chavez (say it chah-VEZ) founded and ran the United Farm Workers Union. He organized poor farm workers when they were worked under terrible conditions. He got better money, housing and working conditions for them.
He is a hero to migrant farm workers all over the country. Migrants are men, women and even children who go from farm to farm to work in the fields.
Saturday will be the first anniversary of Chavez's death.
The march started on March 31 in Delano, California. That's where the ...
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