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United Farm Workers 50th Anniversary

Clip: 06/21/2012 | 9m 48s

"It was the first successful labor union for farmworkers,” says author Miriam Pawel. “It was very much the civil rights movement of the West,". But fifty years after its founding by the late Cesar Chavez, the UFW is struggling to retain membership and influence.

Aired: 06/21/12

Rating: NR

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