Richard Chavez

Richard Estrada Chavez (November 12, 1929 – July 27, 2011) was an American labor leader, organizer and activist. Chavez was the younger brother of labor leader César Chávez, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, now known as the United Farm Workers (UFW). Richard Chavez is credited with building the UFW into a major California agricultural and political organization.

Chavez was born to a migrant family on November 12, 1929, in Yuma, Arizona, on a family farm. In 1963, Chavez helped establish the UFW credit union by using his home as collateral. They never married, but four children were born of the relationship. she had complained to Cesar about the extra-marital relationship that Richard had with Dolores.

Richard Chavez died from complications of surgery at a hospital in Bakersfield, California, on July 27, 2011, at the age of 81.