Question

What made Cesar Chavez an effective leader?

Answer 1

Hint: Cesar Estrada Chavez was a labour leader and civil rights activist in the United States. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with Dolores Huerta, which merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers (UFW).

Complete answer:
Cesar Chavez was a migrant worker who could both talk to and serve other migrant workers. Over time, he gained encouragement from organised labour and became more enlightened about the labour movement and nonviolent resistance.

He and others were able to raise public awareness about migrant labourers' working conditions in the United States and inspire active boycotts of the products of manufacturers with whom they were attempting to negotiate. He became a symbol for organised labour and leftist movements in the United States and a "folk saint" among Mexican Americans after his death.

Early in his career as a grassroots labour leader, he had success, but his later work was difficult, and his most recent boycott was unsuccessful. He often fasted in order to support his political activism, and the resulting health issues are thought to have contributed to his death.

He was probably popular in the beginning because he was one of the staff who was promoted to the position of spokesman. He should have been a decent public speaker. He established relationships with organised labour, which aided him in his early days. In a democratic nation, an intelligent and committed representative with a motivated community of workers is a powerful force.

Note: Cesar Chavez’s birthday is observed as a federal holiday in many states, and several places are named after him. In 1994, he got the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.