I agree with the person above - Cesar Chavez was instrumental in forming the United Farm Workers (of America). It refers to a labor union of employees in America, and it stands to protect their rights. It was founded in 1965 by merging two labor unions, one led by Larry Itliong, and the other by Cesar Chavez. Together, they organized many strikes and protests in order to fight for their rights as laborers.
The government outlawed slavery in 1981 and made it a crime in 2007. Estimates of the percentage of slaves vary from 10% to 20% of Mauritanian population.
