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boycott - a protest in which the public is asked not to buy certain products or services until workers' demands are met.

contract - a binding legal agreement between two parties.

huelga - the Spanish word meaning a labor strike.

hunger strike - when someone refuses to eat until some demands are met.

immigrant - a person who moves to a new country.

legislator - a person who makes laws. A member of Congress is a legislator.

Mexico - a North American country located southwest of the USA and north of Guatemala and Belize.

migrant farm worker - farm laborers who move from farm to farm, harvesting the fields.

negotiate - to talk with others in order to come to an agreement.

NFWA - National Farm Workers Association, the union group formed by Cesar Chavez in 1962. The MFWA fought for the rights of migrant farmworkers. It changed its name to the United Farm Workers (UFW) in 1974

pesticide - a chemical poison that kills insects and may harm people.

strike - when workers refuse to work until improved working conditions and/or salary demands are met.

UFW - United Farm Workers, the name adopted (in 1973) by the union group, the National Farm Workers Association (formed by Cesar Chavez).

union - a workers' rights group.

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