Working Poor

Never has the struggle of “the working poor” been more eloquently defined than in the column about Cesar Chavez by Frank del Olmo (“The Circular Ripple of Justice,” Commentary, April 27). It was at once an obituary and an eye-opener. Indeed, the vast majority of Latinos today are more likely to be found at work cleaning the offices of a high-rise in Century City than picking grapes in the fields of Salinas. And yes, the spirit that inspired and propelled Cesar Chavez through the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s is alive and well in the labor unions of the ‘90s.

JOEL MALINIAK

Los Angeles