In 2009 – former general counsel to Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, Jerry Cohen – and LeRoy Chatfield, a close personal friend and colleague of Cesar Chavez, teamed up to found a national volunteer organization: LABOR JUSTICE, which is dedicated to securing national labor rights for farmworkers and domestic workers.

JERRY COHEN BIO:
General Counsel to Cesar Chavez & United Farm Workers – 1967-1981
Helped craft and negotiate terms of California Agricultural Labor Relations Act – 1975
Special Counsel to Neighbor to Neighbor – 1980’s
Counsel to Loaves & Fishes – 1990’s

LEROY CHATFIELD BIO:
Volunteer, Farmworker Movement 1963-1973
Member of Governor Jerry Brown Administration 1974-1980
Built California Conservation Corp 1977-1979
Executive Director of Loaves & Fishes 1987 – 2000
Founder/Director of the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project 2004 – 2009

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Home page logo: 1972 linocut by artist Susan Due Pearcy entitled, “Days End” and adapted by Website designer Jennifer Szabo. Website Design by Jennifer Szabo.