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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.
凱薩·查維斯是墨西哥裔美國勞工領導人，同時也是一名民權人士。他曾經是農場工人，并與他人聯合創立了美國最大的農場工人聯盟，他改善了上千名農場勞動者的工作環境。許多人認為他是美國歷史上最偉大的民權領導者之一。許多州還將他的誕辰定位節日來紀念他。
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，查維斯出生于美國亞利桑那州的農民工人家庭。由于大蕭條所帶來的貧困，他的童年非常艱辛。查維斯是天生的領導者，1925年，他成為了社區服務組織(CSO)拉丁裔公民權利組的管理者。為了敦促墨西哥裔美國人投票，他走遍了加州各地，并發表演說支持工人權利。
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，查維斯與洛雷斯·韋爾塔共同建立了國家農場工人協會(NFWA)。他的首個勝利就是讓加州葡萄采摘工人罷工，以謀求更高工資。這一罷工持續了5年的時間，并引起了羅伯特·肯尼迪的關注。國家農場工人協會為美國農場工人贏得了首個重大工人勝利。查維斯繼續為其他農場工人謀求權力。
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.
國家農場工人協會逐漸發展成了聯合農業工人工會。查維斯帶領大家，并鼓勵全美國的農場工人要聯合在一起。他幫助他們進行罷工，并組織抵抗活動。20世紀80年代，查維斯抗議使用有毒農藥，這讓他受到了公眾的關注。1993年，查維斯因自然原因死亡。10年之后，美國發行了查維斯郵票來紀念他。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
