Cesar Chavez was a union leader and a prominent figure in the Chicano Movement. One of his largest accomplishments was the unionization of farmworkers.
In 1962, Chavez and Dolores Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later reorganized to become the United Farm Workers labor union. Chavez, Huerta, and other civic leaders made enormous progress in collectivizing farm laborers and helping them register to vote. In 1965, Chavez and Huerta organized the Delano grape strike—the longest strike in U.S. history, lasting from September 1965 to July 1970.
