A Poem By Joe Aleman
Dedicated to Cesar Chavez on Cesar Chavez Day in Texas this Tuesday, March 31
Cesar Chavez:
To Help His Fellow Man
Migrant Farm Workers:
Were the Main Order:
Help To Get Them:
Better Living Conditions
Better Working Conditions
Better Pay
And Most Important
In a Non-Violent Way
His Adversaries
Were Many
Early On: “The Braceros”
Farm Workers
From Mexico
Taking Jobs in the Fields
It was a Touchy Subject
For it Meant
Mexican Americans
Against Mexicans
But He Handled it By
Recording the Amount
Of Applications. 1,900
By Mexican American
Farm Workers.
Which Led to the
Federal Government
Getting Involved.
Other Main Adversaries
Were:
The Growers: Which
Were the Farm Owners.
Also Big Companies
That Sold the Crops
On the Market
The Government and
The Teamsters
How did Chavez
Fight Against these Odds?
By Protests, Strikes
Fasting and Boycotts.
As They Say:
At the End of the Day:
He Accomplished His Plan:
In a Non-Violent Way
1962: Organized NFWA
National Farmworkers Association
1972: Changed Named To UFW
United Farm Workers
1975: Instrumental in Getting
1st Bill of Rights For
Farmworkers
His Slogan:
That is Even Heard Today
SI SE PUEDE
Cesar Chavez: A Leader
An Advocate, A Legend
3-31-27 to 4-23-93
May He Rest In Peace
In Heaven
