Today we remember a true American hero, César Chavez. A Mexican American farm worker, civil rights advocate and labor leader, who devoted his life to improving the working conditions and treatment of migrant workers in the U.S. In 1962, César founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). He led marches, consumer boycotts and strikes to force agricultural growers to recognize the UFW, which eventually led to the passage of the 1975 California Agr