I mean they are a catch-22,|the bail alone is going to bankrupt you.
With all due respect,|I know you went to a fancy school,
that doesn't make you an expert.
Well, I also worked the California Rural|Legal Assistance.
- For how long?|- Two years.
Two years, huh? Why did you leave?
Um...
It's complicated.
That's what I heard.
You are hired.
Hired?
I want you full time, starting now.
I thought maybe I'd do some consulting?
No, as of now you are in charge|of the United Farm Workers' legal team.
- Who else is on the team?|- Just you.
Doesn't it take more than one person|to make a team?
Oh, you'll be doing more work|than one person.
Against one of the biggest|law firms in California.
And you'll be getting paid|five dollars a week.
Five dollars a week?
You'll be happy to know that|makes you the highest paid employee.
Also our lowest paid employee.
Everybody makes five dollars a week?
Hey! If you wanna make money,|go work for the growers.
We're here to help.
Don't be afraid.
United we will stand.
They will not defeat us.
United we will stand.
They will not defeat us.
This movement is for you, the people.
They will not defeat us.
Long live the strike!
Long live Cesar Chavez!
Son! Son!
They're not paying you enough!|Come join us!
Join the cause!
Son, they're not paying you enough.
Don't betray your people.
Hey, come join us!
Come!
Don't be afraid!
Come on, come on, come on!
Come!
Get closer!
- Closer together!|- Run, get together!
Move back! Move back!
We are not leaving!
Don't move! Stay together.
Pesticide! Helen!
Helen!
- it burns.|- I know.
I almost got it.
That was really scary, Cesar.
What if something happened to us?
What would happen to the kids?
People are starting to lose hope,|and I don't blame them.
They know the growers have broken|the strike with the illegal workers.
And the sweetheart deal with the teamsters.
We can't ask them to keep going when|they see people working in the fields.
We have to take the next step.
We are too weak.
We have no laws to protect us here.
With the boycott,|there are no laws to stop us.
This is the moment, Cesar.
This is what we came here to do.
We just can't|boycott all the growers.
We need to start small, we need a face,|a brand, that's what we need to focus on.
And that face is Victorre Wines.
CESAR". Dolores Huerta will be recruiting|in the west counties,
and Gilbert Padilla|will be recruiting in the southern cities.
And the rest of the state we will|divide amongst each other.
Anybody that can travel, talk to Richard.
My brother knows how to travel.
To be successful,
we have to have an army of boycotters,|willing to do the hard work.
The bigger the army, the|bigger the success.
You start small, you get wins.
The army will get bigger.
The people to best recruit|are the students.
Civil rights groups, some church groups,|those are the best recruits.
Well, any kind of recruit|is the best kind of recruit for us.
So, we need to hit the streets|with aggressive leafleting.
And make so much noise
that they won't be able to ignore us.
Picket lines, in churches,|entertainment venues, colleges, factories.
Anywhere there's a large number of people.
That's where you need to go.
Once we got their attention,
we need to get on every radio show,|and every television show.
There's no bathrooms in the fields.|There's no minimum wage.
The best thing that you can do,|the way we can put pressure,
is to boycott.
You can help by boycotting Victorre Grapes.
Okay, thank you.
CESAR". And tell them personal stories.
Firsthand, from the people|that have suffered in the fields.
Because we are fighting|for basic human rights.
The attention of national|legislators was focused on Delano
when the Senate Subcommittee|on migrant labor conducted hearings
in the Delano high school.
Headed by New Jersey's Harrison Williams.
It also included California's George|Murphy, and New York's Robert Kennedy.
Senator Kennedy|can be very supportive
if he thinks the cause|can make a difference.
So, when he comes, make sure you|walk with him so they can take pictures.
How are you, sir?
How are you? Thank you.
Hi, how are you?
Senator Kennedy, great to see you again.|I'd like to introduce Cesar Chavez.
- It's a pleasure...|- It's likewise.
Go, go, go.
You were supposed to walk with him.
Hi, John, how are you? Good to see you.
Don't believe everything you hear today.
Yeah, it looks like he is not even|talking to them either so...
Do you write down the license|plate numbers of everyone in the city?
I'm glad he came,|but I think it's just for show.
I think you're wrong, Fred.
I hope so.
I also see complaints here|from Mr. Chavez that, uh,
pesticides have been sprayed|on some of his picketers.
I'm aware of no such incidents.
What about shots being fired|in their general direction?
We've looked into every one|of Mr. Chavez's complaints
and haven't found an ounce|of truth to any of it.
Lie.
Is it true that you detained some|picketers as a preventive measure?
Your arrest record seems to confirm it.
If I have reason to believe that|there's going to be a riot started,
and someone tells me there's going|to be trouble unless I stop them,
it's my duty to stop them.
You just go out there and arrest them?
Absolutely.
Who told you they were going to riot?
The foremen.
Right out there in the fields.
The ones we were talking to,|said that if we didn't stop them,
they were going to cut their hearts out.
So, rather than let things get out of hand,|we just removed the cause.
This is the most interesting|concept, I think,
that you suddenly hear talk of|somebody who's gonna get out of order,
perhaps violate the law,
and so you go in and arrest|the intended victim of the crime,
and they haven't done anything wrong.
I want to thank Sheriff Smith|for his services to the citizens of Delano.
We'll now take an hour recess for lunch.
Excuse me, can I suggest...
I would just like to suggest that,|in the interim period of time,
in the luncheon period of time,
that the Sheriff|and the Kern County District Attorney,
read the Constitution|of the United States of America.
I guess I was wrong.
Hey! .... you!
We are going to|get you, little beaner.
Wetback!
We are going to kick your ass.
You should talk to|Fernando before you go.
Hmm.
He's having trouble with those kids again.
Where is he?
He's at Richard's.
He's been spending a lot|of time there lately.
Maybe that's not such a good idea.
Maybe you should talk to him.
I'll talk to him when I get back.
Cesar, you know that boy|is as stubborn as you are.
Your clean socks are on the top shelf.
Take all of them.
It's a lot of socks.
It's a long walk.
Cesar.
You got a permit for this march?
It's not a march, Sheriff. It's a|pilgrimage all the way to Sacramento.
And our families are here|just to say goodbye.
Do you hear that?
They don't like working for a day's wage,|but they'll walk over 300 miles for free.
Even pilgrims ain't allowed in the street|without a permit.
Fine, we'll use the sidewalk.|It's open to the public.
If we leave at 10 p.m.,|we can catch them in Modesto.
Yeah, I know Dad.
Fernando, what are you doing?
I'm not going with you guys.
We're going to see your dad|and from there we can go home.
I don't want to see my Dad.
He'll be happy to see you!
He won't even know I'm there.
He only cares about the Union.
Check this out.
Big article about the auto workers|standing down to show solidarity.
Hmm.
Front page?
Page six, but we are moving up.
And those longshore workers|are standing down too.
Rookie!
Mansi!
I saw everybody on the news.
I got tired of just sitting around,|watching a lot of TV, you know.
I got some donations from|a department store.
I am glad you came.
I am glad you came.
Donations.
Boots.
They're brand new.
Yeah, about 150 miles too late.
Boycott Victorre!
I am Chief Executive Officer|of the United Church of Christ.
My name is Rabbi Tannenbaum.|I came here from New York City.
We believe the United Farm Workers|and their leader, Cesar Chavez, represent
the hope and aspirations|of a vast majority of farm workers.
I think every American has a stake to bring|about social change within the system,
because if nonviolent means fail,
this becomes a setback for|the entire democratic process.
In colors, in colors,
are the little birds|that come from outside.
In colors, in colors,
is the rainbow that we see shining.
And that is why I love
The great loves of many colors
My union, the U.A.W.|and the Industrial Union Department
will pledge $5,000 a month to these workers|for as long as it takes to win their strike.
The average farm worker only lives to 49.
They say they won't|give you bathrooms in the fields
because Mexicans don't know|how to use them.
I'm Jackie Stringer.|We just drove down from Portland.
CESAR". That's a long drive.
I've been watching the news.
I saw pictures of the children|working in the fields...
We'd like to help in some way.
Well you can do this, don't buy|any more Victorre products.
No more Victorre wine at dinner.
- And then have your friends do the same.|- I will.
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