HUELGA, definition
HUELGA, which in Spanish means “strike.” According to one legend, the eagle appeared in a dream to Chavez; according to another the inspiration came to Chavez’s cousin Manuel from the label on a bottle of Gallo Thunderbird wine. The truth is that after Cesar Chavez settled on an Aztec eagle as an appropriate symbol for the union, Manual sketched one on a piece of brown wrapping paper with the help of Cesar’s brother Richard. They then squared off the wing edges so that the eagle would be easier for union members to draw on the handmade flags that are now a familiar sight on picket lines near vineyards in the San Joaquin Valley and elsewhere in California, where for nearly four years