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Migrant Workers In Viva La Causa

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Have you ever wondered how weak and poor people can change their whole life? Migrant worker come here in the United State to get a better life than before in Mexico. Migrant workers work so hard that they got paid unfair wages and lived in poverty. They also get treated really awful. Migrant children that goes to school was very tough for them. They couldn’t speak Spanish when they were in class or they would get hit and it was hard for them to understand English. The life of migrant children is tough and they are experiencing it when they are so little and they are also experiencing a horrible childhood as a kid. People who seem powerless can change their fate.

In Viva La Causa, powerless people took a stand to fight for their rights and freedom. Migrant workers went on strike to have a better working conditions, medical care, rest periods and better wages. They sacrificed their homes and their jobs and were not paid because of the strike. They got many people boycott the grapes that the farms produced so the farm owner are not making money and that help change the law. Some may say that they went on strike and lost their car, house, and also they went to jail. However, eventually the grower gave in and they give the worker what they needed. …show more content…
In Viva La Causa, Migrant worker went on strike to have better environment to work in and also they boycott the grapes to change the law. In The Circuit, Migrant worker have their children go to work in the field and also go to school to get an education to support their family. Going to school was the only way to help get their family a better life. In the Bracero program, Braceros come here as a guest to work in the United State to get a little better paid than Mexico and also here to get a better life. Powerless people can change their fate if they took a stand to fight for their rights and freedom and by getting a

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