Adair, Doug (1942- ) Status: Transcribed, eng Adair joined the UFW the day before the 1965 Delano grape strike began. He was a striker, a picketer, an aide in the legal office and an editor of the newSpaper, El Malcriado. Burciaga, David (1923-2011) Status: Transcribed, eng Burciaga worked with farm worker movement leaders, including Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, beginning in the 1950s. For many years he served as the UFW's chief negotiator, working with farm workers and bargaining with growers to hammer out important union contracts. Cadena, Amelia Chandler, Bill (1941- ) Status: Transcribed, eng Summer agricultural jobs led Chandler to membership in the United Fruit Workers, working with founders, Dolores Huerta, Gilbert Padilla, and Cesar Chavez. Chavez, Richard (1929-2011) Richard Chavez worked with his brother, César Chávez, to organize farm workers in the early 1960s. Chavez served as a board member of the UFW and was first director of the National Farm Workers Service Center in 1966. Cruz, Jesse de la (1919- ) Status: Transcribed, eng Jessie de la Cruz (a.k.a. Jesse Lopez) was a striker and the union's first woman organizer. After working in humiliating conditions for over 30 years, she took a stand in 1964 after hearing Cesar Chavez speak. Espinoza, Pablo Hartmire, Chris (1932- ) Status: Transcribed, eng Reverend Chris Hartmire (a.k.a. Wayne C. Hartmire) worked as a youth minister in East Harlem after seminary, at the Church of the Resurrection. In 1961 he succeeded Doug Still as Director of California Migrant Ministry. The Migrant Ministry provided support to Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers. Herrera, Angie and Carmen Hernandez Status: Transcribed, eng Sisters Angie Herrera and Carmen Hernandez are members of the UFW. Hernandez, Carmen (1949- ) Status: Transcribed, eng Carmen Hernandez was a picketer and secretary for the United Farm Workers. Hernandez, Helen Status: Transcribed, eng Helen (Serda) Hernandez is an ex-farmworker and activist with the UFW. Hernandez joined the strikers, even picketing the fields that her parent's worked in when they crossed the picket lines. Her is father, Joe Serda. Hernandez, Julio Status: Transcribed, spa Jones, Nick (1942- ) Status: Transcribed, eng In 1966 Jones joined the National Farm Workers Association. Jones rose to the position of National Boycott Director, but resigned when accuse by Cesar Chavez of being a communist and leading a kind of a left movement of some sorts within the union to take control of it. Montoya, Daneen Status: Transcribed, eng Montoya was a boycotter for the United Farm Workers in San Jose, California. She worked on the presidential campaigns of John and Robert Kennedy. Following their assassinations she became active in the farm workers union. Padilla, Gilbert (1927- ) Status: Transcribed, eng Along with Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta, Padilla was a founding member of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) in 1962. He was Secretary-Treasurer for the United Farm Worker. Padilla remained with the UFW until he was forced to resign in 1980. Ramos Chandler, Irene Status: Transcribed, eng Ramos Chandler and her husband committed to being organizers when he became curious about the Juertes Union. Saludado, Antonia Saludado de Magana, Maria Serda, Joe (1928- ) Status: Transcribed, eng
Serda started working in the fields at the age of ten. Serda continued to work during the 1965 Delano strike, but under cover he was working with the Union organizing members of his crew. Sosa, Danilo Valdez, Luis (1940- ) Valdez is acknowledged as the founder of modern Chicano theater and film. He joined the United Farm Workers and formed El Teatro Campesino that staged improvisation theater. |