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Chávez was born in Yuma, Arizona
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The farm of his birth was foreclosed when he was ten
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Chávez was first exposed to labor unions at twelve years old when his father and uncle joined a strike against dried fruit
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Chávez served in the Navy for two years
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Chávez met and married Helen Fabela and would eventually had 8 children
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Chávez joined the Community Service Organization
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Chávez was named general director of the Community Service Organization
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He resigned after they wouldn't push a National Farmworkers Association
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This began La Causa, the cause, which was a driving force in unionizing
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The largest strike of Chávez's career has ended with contracts with large companies
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The California Labor Relations Act is passed allowing for unionization in California
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Chávez turns his attention to pesticide usage in the late 1880s
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Chávez died in his sleep in San Luis, Arizona