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The UFW continues to fight for the rights of farmworkers. The union remains a non-violent force, and it currently led by Arturo Rodriguez, who succeeded Chavez after his death in 1993. | The UFW continues to fight for the rights of farmworkers. The union remains a non-violent force, and it currently led by Arturo Rodriguez, who succeeded Chavez after his death in 1993. | ||
Arturo Rodriguez became president of the UFW in 1994. A veteran organizer, Texas-born Rodriguez first joined the union in 1973 while earning a master's degree in social work at the University of Michigan. Since becoming union president, he has led many organizing campaigns, led the UFW to fifteen straight victories in union recognition elections and signed eighteen new contracts with growers. Today, Rodriguez and the UFW continue along the path begun by Cesar Chavez. La Causa continues.[http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=about&inc=about_exe.html] | Arturo Rodriguez became president of the UFW in 1994. A veteran organizer, Texas-born Rodriguez first joined the union in 1973 while earning a master's degree in social work at the University of Michigan. Since becoming union president, he has led many organizing campaigns, led the UFW to fifteen straight victories in union recognition elections and signed eighteen new contracts with growers. Today, Rodriguez and the UFW continue along the path begun by Cesar Chavez. La Causa continues.[http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=about&inc=about_exe.html][http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/ufw.html] | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 11 May 2006
The UFW continues to fight for the rights of farmworkers. The union remains a non-violent force, and it currently led by Arturo Rodriguez, who succeeded Chavez after his death in 1993.
Arturo Rodriguez became president of the UFW in 1994. A veteran organizer, Texas-born Rodriguez first joined the union in 1973 while earning a master's degree in social work at the University of Michigan. Since becoming union president, he has led many organizing campaigns, led the UFW to fifteen straight victories in union recognition elections and signed eighteen new contracts with growers. Today, Rodriguez and the UFW continue along the path begun by Cesar Chavez. La Causa continues.[1][2]
