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Cesar Chavez in Wisconsin

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Cesar Chavez, the leader of United Farm Workers, is standing at the center of the photograph surrounded by members of the press. Behind him is a photographer with a pipe in his mouth and a camera in his hands. Besides him, someone is holding a pencil and paper taking notes. This is Chavez's first visit to Milwaukee to meet with Jesus Salas of Wisconsin's migrant farm worker union Obreros Unidos (United Workers) for El Centro Hispano-Americano to discuss agreement disputes between growers and farm workersStrikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos, an independent farm worker labor union effort in the 1960s.Cesar Chávez en WisconsinCesar Chávez líder de United Farm Workers, está parado en el centro de la fotografía rodeado de miembros de la prensa. Detrás de él está un fotógrafo con una pipa en su boca y una cámara en sus manos. A su lado, alguien está tomando notas con un lápiz y papel. Esta es la primera visita de Chávez a Milwaukee para conocer a Jesús Salas de Obreros Unidos, un sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas, para El Centro Hispano-Americano y para discutir acuerdos de disputa entre los agricultores y los trabajadores agrícolas. Las huelgas en Wisconsin fueron organizadas por Obreros Unidos, un esfuerzo independiente del sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas durante los años 1960.

Date Created:
1967
Creator:
Giffey, David

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Creator Giffey, David
Date Created 1967

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Source Collection South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000
Call Number 1114000062

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W01450F
Legacy ID
WHi 92046

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