Yeah, he did. And what they won't tell you is that Ceasar Chavez was a labor economist who understood that the farm workers he represented got paid better when there were fewer of them. He actually supported the Eisenhower era program called "Operation Wetback" and was a passive supporter of the
Bracero program before it ended in 1964 because he understood the simple fact that unions were labor cartels and worked best when labor was a valued commodity.