Baldemar Velasquez

Baldemar Velásquez
Melvin Rios and Baldemar Velasquez at the Columbus, Ohio, Rally for Immigrants Rights on 2006-03-26.
Born (1947-02-15) February 15, 1947
Pharr, Texas, U.S.
OccupationLabor leader
Known forPresident, Farm Labor Organizing Committee

Baldemar Velásquez (born February 15, 1947) is an American labor union activist. He co-founded and is president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO. He was named a MacArthur Fellow (also known as the "Genius Grant") in 1989, and awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle in 1994, the highest honor Mexico can bestow on a non-citizen.

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