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Sal si puedes

by Peter Matthiessen

Cover of Sal si puedes

The author describes the struggle of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in their attempt to organize the farm laborers of California. He details their partial success through boycotts and strikes to better their working conditions.

Agricultural laborersBiographyGrape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970Labor unionsMexicano americanosMexicanos en EE. UUChavez, cesar, 1927-1993Labor unions, united statesMexicanos en EE.UUStrikes and lockoutsVineyard laborers