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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 | La Causa continues today. 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. 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.[http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=about&inc=about_exe.html][http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/ufw.html] | ||
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Revision as of 20:20, 11 May 2006
La Causa continues today. 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. 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.[1][2]
