Cesar Chavez was a Mexican-American labour leader and civil rights activist. He was a farm worker who co-founded the biggest farm workers' union in the USA and improved the working conditions of thousands of farm labourers. Many see him as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. More and more US states are honoring him by making his birthday a holiday.
凯萨·查维斯是墨西哥裔美国劳工领导人，同时也是一名民权人士。他曾经是农场工人，并与他人联合创立了美国最大的农场工人联盟，他改善了上千名农场劳动者的工作环境。许多人认为他是美国历史上最伟大的民权领导者之一。许多州还将他的诞辰定位节日来纪念他。
Chavez was born in Arizona in 1927 to farm worker parents. His childhood was very tough because of the poverty caused by the Great Depression. Chavez was a natural leader and in 1952 he became an administrator in the Latino civil rights group the Community Service Organization. He travelled throughout California urging Mexican Americans to vote and speaking about workers' rights.
1927年，查维斯出生于美国亚利桑那州的农民工人家庭。由于大萧条所带来的贫困，他的童年非常艰辛。查维斯是天生的领导者，1925年，他成为了社区服务组织(CSO)拉丁裔公民权利组的管理者。为了敦促墨西哥裔美国人投票，他走遍了加州各地，并发表演说支持工人权利。
In 1962, Chavez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with Dolores Huerta. His first success was to lead a California grape pickers strike for better wages. The strike lasted five years and attracted the attention of Robert Kennedy. The NFWA won its first major labour victory for American farm workers. Chavez moved on to campaign for the rights of other farm workers.
1962年，查维斯与洛雷斯·韦尔塔共同建立了国家农场工人协会(NFWA)。他的首个胜利就是让加州葡萄采摘工人罢工，以谋求更高工资。这一罢工持续了5年的时间，并引起了罗伯特·肯尼迪的关注。国家农场工人协会为美国农场工人赢得了首个重大工人胜利。查维斯继续为其他农场工人谋求权力。
The NFWA developed into the United Farm Workers. Chavez led marches and encouraged farm workers across America to join together. He helped them strike and organize boycotts. In the 1980s he fasted to draw public attention to the dangerous use of pesticides. Chavez died in 1993 of natural causes. Ten years later, America honoured him with a postage stamp.
国家农场工人协会逐渐发展成了联合农业工人工会。查维斯带领大家，并鼓励全美国的农场工人要联合在一起。他帮助他们进行罢工，并组织抵抗活动。20世纪80年代，查维斯抗议使用有毒农药，这让他受到了公众的关注。1993年，查维斯因自然原因死亡。10年之后，美国发行了查维斯邮票来纪念他。
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