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Our workers labor for many hours every day under the hot sun, often without safe drinking water or toilet facilities.
Our workers are constantly subjected to incredible pressures and intimidation to meet excessive quotas.
The women who work in the fields are routinely subjected to sexual harassment and sexual assaults by the grower's thugs. When our workers complain, or try to organize, they are fired, assaulted, and even murdered.
–“Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,”
Cesar Chavez
What injustices does Cesar Chavez describe in this passage? Check all that apply.
threats and abuse
unsanitary conditions
segregation
the wage gap between men and women
unsafe conditions
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In the passage by Cesar Chavez, the following injustices are described:
1. **Threats and abuse** - Workers face intimidation and violence when they complain or try to organize.
2. **Unsanitary conditions** - Workers labor without safe drinking water or toilet facilities.
3. **Unsafe conditions** - The overall working conditions under the hot sun without essential amenities are unsafe.
The specific issues of **segregation** and **the wage gap between men and women** are not explicitly mentioned in the passage.
1. **Threats and abuse** - Workers face intimidation and violence when they complain or try to organize.
2. **Unsanitary conditions** - Workers labor without safe drinking water or toilet facilities.
3. **Unsafe conditions** - The overall working conditions under the hot sun without essential amenities are unsafe.
The specific issues of **segregation** and **the wage gap between men and women** are not explicitly mentioned in the passage.