Mar 08, 1989 - Los Angeles, California, USA - Cesar Chavez gestures as he speaks during a Los Angeles news conference March 8, 1989. Chavez, the United Farm workers president who staged a life-threatening fast against pesticide use in 1988, said the union's boycott of California table grapes is a success that has forced growers to lower prices and dump fruit they couldn't sell. .(Credit Image: © Alan Greth)