
By building a successful social movement, he drew attention to conditions in the fields and the treatment of farm workers and forced their issues into the national consciousness. At the height of the movement, Chavez changed the way people viewed farm workers, he changed the workers' view of their own power, and he became an inspiration for people in many walks of life, far removed from the fields. His success achieved some concrete changes at the time, but its long-lasting legacy was as an inspiration for others. " In achieving his historic victories, Chavez showed that the poorest workers could, through collective action, become empowered. How has Cesar Chavez's efforts impacted farm workers across the country?
