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United Farm Workers | Birth of a Movement | 1

American History Tellers

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Flipping the Bird, Elon vs Twitter

Gilbert Padilla joined the CSO in 1955 after attending a house meeting with Caesar Chavez As a former farm laborer himself, Padilla understood first-hand the difficulties faced by workers. He accepted a position with the Stockton CSO to investigate the housing conditions of local farm workers There he worked directly under Chavez's close ally Dolores Huerta Together they would co-found a new organization called the National Farm Workers Association And within three years, the NFWA would be drawn into a fight that would define its legacy From Wondery comes a new series, Flipping the Bird,. Elon vs Twitter A story about what happens when the richest man on the planet decides to acquire a powerful social

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