In the words of Harry Bridges, “There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war, and to bring to the world a better life”. I think that the immigrant Mexican and Filipino farm workers believed this with every fiber of their being as they fought for improved labor and working conditions. Their struggle was carried out in the form of picket lines, union gatherings, and marches (Symbolism and History of the Movement, 1997). The Chicano Movement encompassed all of these actions and more. Migrant immigrant workers were great contributors to this nation’s growth and development, yet they had to fight for decades in order to gain equality. Labor and health were two, of many areas that migrant immigrant workers had to continually strive to gain equality in. The movement began long before the 1960’s due to the “repressive, race prejudiced system of power” but it gained momentum when Cesar Chavez became a leader of the Delano Grape strike in 1965. Cesar Chavez worked relentlessly to help farm workers gain better living conditions that would not compromise their existing health. Mexicans, African Americans and other undocumented workers were being exposed collectively to very poor working conditions, but the Mexican Community was largely affected. Migrant…