...Christine Munroe Sociology November 26, 2015 Topic # 1 One of the most significant contributions to the growth of the agricultural economy was the creation of the Bracero Program in which more than 4 million Mexican farm laborers came to work the fields of this nation. The braceros converted the agricultural fields of America into the most productive in the planet. The Bracero Program was a corporative international program through which the United States imported large number of Mexicans workers (mostly farmworkers). This program came about because of farm labor shortages caused by American entry into World War 11. The men were recruited to work primarily in agriculture, although during World War II braceros also supplied railroad labor. The majority of the braceros were experienced farm labors from important agricultural regions of Mexico. Huge numbers of bracero candidates arrived by train to the northern border. Their arrival altered the social environment and economy of many border towns. The program brought Mexican workers to replace American workers dislocated by the war. The program was intended to be temporary, but because of dependence of American farms on Mexican labor it kept going for nearly two decades after the war. The braceros contracts were controlled by independent associations and the Farm Bureau. The contracts were in English and the braceros would sign them without understanding theor full rights and the conditions of employment. When the contracts...
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...Social Movements and Trends His/145 May 29 2012 In the rare occasions when the U.S looks at unions, the media tends to view social movements as the creation of strong leaders. The view of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers is one of the most evident events of all. Cesar Chavez the famous activist would have been 85 years old today. After his death in 1993 an abundance of coverage assumed that the Unite Farm Workers would not survive the tragedy. The Chicano movement began during the Civil Rights era with three main goals which included the restoration of land, rights for farm workers and developments in education. Prior to the 1960’s Latinos had no influence when it came to the national political arena. There was a complete turnaround in the 1960’s when the Mexican American Political Association worked to elect President John F. Kennedy, creating Latinos as a significant voting alliance. After Kennedy won the election he showed his appreciation towards the Latino community by assigning Hispanics to posts in his administration and he also took in consideration the concerns of the Hispanic community. Latinos, mainly Mexican Americans began demanding and were very persisting towards the reforms made in labor and education to meet their needs. Under the leadership of Cesar Chavez, the Chicano movement in the 1960's used economic pressure rather than violence to pursue civil rights for Mexican-Americans. The fight during the 1960’s to secure unionization for farm workers is...
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...Cesar Chavez Essay Contest 2011 Cesar Chávez, a great Mexican-American labor leader, who fought without violence for the rights of the farm laborers. He was one of the heroic figures of our time. Chavez changed the perspective of the legislators in improving the life of farm laborers. His core values made a big difference today in our society. Without his perseverance to make a better society, it could have been in a big calamity. One of his core values was the acceptance of all people. To have a success in social change, people should have an essential ingredient in organizing a diverse force and actualizing the democracy. Since my really caring, hilarious, and friendly counselor always trigger his students’ ability to earn As and Bs, join clubs, play sports, and volunteer. I came to a conclusion to follow all this norms and it’s worth the time. I have been an active member of variety of clubs at school and big organizations in my community. Volunteering 3 days a week, trying to help my peers with their concerns is a good feeling. Crawford High School is so diverse that it has over 40 languages spoken and most students that immigrated are from Somalia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and countries around the world. They were refugees who had no choice but to leave the country they loved and begin a new life in a strange new country. In addition, students need to feel welcomed and loved. I help my peers through asking them to go to this one organization I volunteer at, San Diego...
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...The Farm Labor Movement was when Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta worked together to form the United Farm Workers Union. This union was formed to ensure that farm workers got paid for the right amount of time they worked for. Many farmers were getting low wages and Cesar Chavez thought that was unfair. Cesar Chavez was a farmer ever since he graduated eight grade. His father was in an accident and he didn't want his mother to work so much. When he was 17 he went to the Navy for two years. He started the United Farm Workers Union in 1962. Cesar didn't have many members in it until 1970, when he urged grape workers to join the union. This caused the Delano grape strike, a march from Sacramento to Delano. This was a three hundred and forty mile trip to Delano. The marchers wanted state government to pass laws, which would permit farm workers to organize into a union and allow collective bargaining agreements. He tried to make people aware of the struggles of farm workers for better pay and treatment. He did this through boycotts, pickets, and strikes. Cesar did not believe in acts of violence. The picketing, boycotts, and strikes worked against the grape growers and this led to the grape growers sign contracts with the union. The result of the Farm Labor Movement gave farmers the money and dignity that everyone should receive and ensured that the farmers of America will always be treated fairly. Work Cited ----------...
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...This man fought for the rights of migrant workers everywhere, he gave all he could to better other people’s lives, his name was Cesar Chavez. Cesar was a very influential activist for farm workers and Mexican immigrants in the 1960’s and 70’s. He spent his early life as a farm worker and experienced firsthand, all the problems that the workers had to endure. He dedicated his life to helping others and improving wages for migrant workers all over California. Cesar spent the early years of his life in the United States as a farm worker with the rest of his family. When he turned 17, he joined the U.S. Navy. After leaving the navy, he referred to his time in service as the worst two years of his life. He returned to California to marry his high school sweetheart and moved to San Jose. He continued to work in the fields until 1952. In 1952 Cesar moved on to working for the Community Service Organization, which was an activist group for Latin Americans. He worked with the group for six years, and was made the national director in 1958. Cesar worked as the director for four more years before leaving the group to co-find the United Farm Workers. The United Farm Workers brought migrant workers together, in order to get more reasonable wages, and to keep the legal immigrants from losing their jobs to illegal immigrants. In 1965 Chavez joined the Delano Grape Strike. His work helping the strike win caused three other groups in different areas to strike for fair wages and working conditions...
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...Exercise country analysis and country risk Venezuela Hypump, a US company producing hydraulic pumps used in oil producing industry, likes to investigate the possibility of starting a new subsidiary in Venezuela, and asked you to make a country analysis and country risk report. The facts, key indicators and back ground information of Venezuela you found after research are presented in the Appendix. Use that information to answer the following questions: Moderate poverty and inequality have decreased from 1998 onwards due to the program called ‘Missiones’ according to the World bank (see appendix). 1. Use the fact sheet Venezuela whether this can be confirmed with figures. Assess: a. Level of development b. Income inequality 2. Assess Venezuela’s export structure. What is it based on? Use GDP and expenditure components for Q 3 and Q4 to assess Venezuela’s attractiveness from the table: 3. How can you see 2014 and 2015 are forecasts? 4. Characterize the phase of business cycle Venezuela has faced in 2013 and 2014 (Explain which key indicator(s) are used to answer the question) 5. Make a ‘first level analysis’ of the aggregate components of GDP to explain the economic (GDP) growth during 2013. 6. Explain the influence of imports on GDP in 2013. 7. Make a ‘second level’ analysis of the aggregate components of GDP to find some reason(s) for the movement of the various components. ‘The decrease...
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...farm workers, this man’s name was Cesar Chavez. Cesar Chavez is undeniably courageous because he was able to persevere through all the harsh challenges he had to face, he showed integrity while others showed him hatred, and he showed respect to anyone it didn’t matter their race, color, or gender he still showed respect. Perseverance To Illustrate who Cesar Chavez was one of America’s most heroic citizen is perseverance. Perseverance was one of many things that Chavez had showed throughout his entire life. The strike began in 1965, when Cesar Chavez had...
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...Cesar Chavez's Was Cesar Chavez's an effective leader? Cesar Chavez's was born March 31, 1927, Yuma, AZ Cesar Chavez was given Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pacem in Terris Award, Jefferson Awards for Public Service was a Civil rights activist goal was to build their own union called (UFW = united farm workers) dropped out of school to help his family was poor moved to california started to pick Cesar passed away in his sleep on April 23, 1993, in San Luis, Arizona, only miles from his birthplace 66 years earlier.Cesar Chavez was an effective leader because he did everything non-violence,had clear goal and had a positive attitude and was willing to sacrifice. First Cesar Chavez s strategy that was most effective was nonviolence....
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...Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta born April 10, 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who was co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, and later the United Farm workers. Huerta has received many award and accolades and has remained a role model and voice to many in the Latino community. Huerta was born to Juan Fernandez and Alicia Chavez, they divorced when Huerta was just three years old. Both Huerta’s parents were active in the rights of people and the community itself. Huerta’s father was a field worker, miner, as well as a union activist. Huerta’s mother was a business woman who owned a restaurant and a 70-room hotel where she helped low wage workers. A lot of Huerta’s humanitarianism...
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...to the oil industry in Venezuela, which competes with Saudi Arabia in claiming the biggest oil reserves in the world. Capriles says that is he wins, "We have to revise every deal. I think they are agreements that are not functioning...How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?" However, this is possible option, one that as the days pass appears to become less and less probable. For now it looks like Chavez’s chosen successor will take the role as Venezuelans leader. Maduro won 50.6% of the vote, while opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski obtained 49.07% of the vote. If Maduro ends up becoming president, Maduro begins his presidency in a very difficult economic crisis. The economy has a very slow economic growth, high inflation dollar and goods shortages, stagnant oil production, which are a mess. With this he will struggle to recover popularity. furthermore, economic policy and political stability will likely suffer. He will be under pressure to reverse social discontent, which means he is unlikely to make needed economic adjustments. This means that foreign exchange and price controls will likely be the same, and demands on state-run oil company PDVSA will remain high, eliminating investment capacity. Moreover, he will have trouble in his ability to put on different policies, as he will need to prove...
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...n 1962, Cesar Chavez left CSO (Community Service Organization) and co-founded the National Farm Association (NFWA) His initial impact was by helping Filipino American farm workers initiate the Delano grape strike on September 8, 1965. He then decided to protest for similar reasons. In 1962, Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association later to become the United Farm Workers (UFA). He was joined by Dolores Huerta a labor leader who has started the CSO and helped agricultural workers. The problem started early on with labor workers upset with the low wages, long hours and low resources. In 1965 the union finally exploded.the agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, a mostly Filipino union struck when the Delano grape growers cut the pay rates during the harvest of that year. Cesar Chavez asked his organization to join him during the strike and quickly became its leader. Cesar Chavez and his organization wanted more pay, less work and other benefits. This social movement was important because labor workers were not being treated right. They were neglected and seen as slaves and not given proper benefits. Cesar Chavez wanted to help agricultural workers across the entire nation and make their lives a little more easier and to be treated equally. Cesar Chavez and his union became nationally known when Chavez’s drawings on the imagery of the civil rights movement, his insistence on non violence, his reliance on volunteers from the universities and religious...
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...their food. This speech became known as “The Grapes of Wrath”. In the speech the Grapes of Wrath a man named Cesar Chavez spoke about the pesticides that are being used in growing grapes, were harmful to anyone in contact with the grapes. Cesar Chavez gave the speech of “The Grapes of Wrath” in 1965-1973. He dedicated his life in making a difference for immigrants working conditions. Chavez witnessed Immigrants dying every day because of the harmful pesticides used in agriculture. He organized a union called UFW (United Farm Workers of America) (Monte 10). This was the first effective farm workers’ union in America. Chavez knew that he had to find a way to stop the use of the poisonous pesticides, so he gave his speech for the consumers of the grapes. Consumers did not care what was happening to the immigrants, but they do care about what happens to them. Chavez told consumers they were eating poison and they started to listen. Chavez wanted the consumer to see and feel the dangers through his speech and facts he spoke about. He knew once they heard how the poison pesticides affect everyone, the farmers would finally stop using that poison because consumers would not buy a poisonous grape. Chavez used logos to strengthen his speech to the consumers. Logos is known as logical evidence, facts used to prove what is said. For example, Chavez talks about the five insecticides used on the grapes to keep...
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...While consumers purchase produces from markets, many of buyers are unaware of deadly pesticides that are regularly used on them. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stated that even organic crops could be sprayed as long as pesticides were deemed “natural”. Americans had been using chemicals on produces since World War II and continuously used until the first strike took place, the Delano Grape Strike. This first protest was held in order to expose the risk in consuming intoxicated grapes. Pesticides not only affect the consumers, but also water, air, and soil. Cesar believed that five of the most dangerous pesticides used in grapes production should be banned because they caused health issues and may lead to death. In Cesar Chavez's Wrath of the Grapes Boycott, given in 1986 in Austin, Texas at a community center farm worker, labor leader and civil right activist Cesar regarding the harmful of agriculture in California, five of the leading pesticides should be banned of use in grapes and any crops. Several reports came out from The New York Times, stated that, "nearly 1,000 California, Pacific Northwest, Alaskan, and Canadian consumers became ill as the result of eating watermelons tainted with the powerful insecticide Aldicarb,” He, then, continued, “labeled the most acutely toxic pesticide registered in the United States." It shows the loophole on the regulations of the use of pesticides. Even though, it was one of the most toxic, unaware consumers were able to purchase...
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...REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN UNIVERSIDAD MONTEÁVILA Principios de la propaganda Aguilera, Anapatricia Branger, Henriqueta Loynaz, Ana Federica Martínez, María Gabriela Minashes, Cecilia Perret-Gentil, Mariana Caracas, 14 de mayo de 2015 Introducción Las propagandas dirigidas hacia la política llevan su tras fondo, todo muy bien pensado desde todo ángulo, más que todo por estar dirigido a un target general sin edad en específico, inclusive dirigida a personas que no tengan las herramientas que todos deberíamos de tener , como leer y escribir. La persuasión y manipulación que llegan a tener un resultado positivo en la mayoria de la población venezolana. Once principios diferentes se utilizan para realizar estas propagandas. Dirigiéndonos específicamente hacia las campañas políticas que han hecho el actual gobierno de Venezuela, en sus momentos de campaña los años anteriores; es el vivo ejemplo de la efectiva de estos principios durante sus campañas posteriormente que mencionaremos. Análisis de los principios de la propaganda dentro de la campaña presidencial 2013 de Nicolás Maduro 1- Principio simplificación o enemigo único: Calificar al adversario utilizando una idea eje como forma de ataque. Diosdado Cabello asegura que MCM “es la escogida para liderar la punta del tridente del mal” En este decreto por parte de Cabello, queda insinuado que Machado es la escogida por el gobierno americano...
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...1958. Look it up, there’s lots of records on this matter. Continuing, the first Soviet arms arrived in Cuba in 1960, Castro announced in October that year that he already had a militia of 250,000+ men, equipment and weapons of the Communist block. Castro launched his invasion of Venezuela killing policemen, national guards, assaulting commercial aircraft, ships in our Anzoategui state, robbing banks, burning factories, dynamiting pipelines and power plants. As if that wasn’t enough, he also killed women and children on the “El Encanto” train in September 1963. At the time the Cubans forces were joined by some Venezuelan commies (like you), several survived (many are now in the Chavez founded party PSUV), during the next 40 years none of those Venezuelans ever achieved political support until Chavez scammed the people in the 1998 elections. There’s actual proof of this. In November 1963, the Betancourt government submitted to the OAS evidence against Castro and Cuba, discovering over four tons of foreign weapons on the northwest coast of Venezuela,...
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