Art rodriguez biography

Art Rodriguez is the author of four books: East Side Dreams, Forgotten Memories, The Monkey Box, and Those Oldies but Goodies.
Born and raised in San José's east side, Rodriguez and his siblings grew up on the side of town where at the time was believed to mean that you.
Arturo Rodríguez (born 1956) is a Cuban-born American visual artist.

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East Side Dreams

February 24, 2010

East Side Dreams is an autobiography about Art Rodriguez. I chose to read this book because it is about a young kid around my age whose life was not going in a straight path; he overcomes this and betters himself. Art is his own conflict (man vs. man) because he makes it tough for him self to stay out of trouble. He is from the East Side of San Jose, it is really close to where I am from this was another motivation for me to read this book. He lives a troubled life with a lot of action in it because he likes to fight sometimes for no reasonable cause this started at a very young age and become his favorite pass time. One day a fight which he used to get in all the time just for fun “he said I was one of the best fighters that he had locked horns with’’ (Art Rodriguez45) went bad and he was sent to prison. This became his biggest life experience but he sure made a good thing out of it by graduating high school in a very original way. Art was sent to prison even though he was a minor because he was tried as an adult for a double murder many of his

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Art Rodriguez

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These books will make your emotions run high. They are inspirational books, relating life's experiences from a teenager to an adult.

Background Information

In 1985 after having many difficult experiences in life, as you will see after reading East Side Dreams, I started a business, Number "1" Disposal in San Jose. Even though I started a successful business, I did not know how to spell, and did not know anything about grammar. I learned how to read in my adult life. I have always had to have my employees write letters for me to other businesses. At times the letters would come back for me to read before sending out. I would review them and sometimes tell the girls to change things. Some times the letters would come back to me two or three times before going out. One morning I sent the letter back four times for rewrite. I felt as if I wanted to explode! I wanted to write my own letters. I just had to! I said to mysel

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Arturo Rodriguez (unionist)

Arturo Rodriguez (born June 23, 1949) is a former American labor union leader.

Born in San Antonio, Rodriguez was educated at St. Mary's University, Texas and the University of Michigan. While at college, he became involved in the United Farm Workers' grape boycott. After graduating, he worked for the union full-time. He met and married Linda Chavez, daughter of the union's president, Cesar Chavez. In 1981, he was elected to the union's executive board, and in 1992 he became first vice-president.^[1]

In 1993, Rodriguez became president of the union.^[2] In the post, he led a major organizing and contract negotiating drive, which increased the union's membership. In 1994, he led a 343-mile march to highlight the union's campaigns. As leader, he was paid only a low wage, similar to that of the union's members.^[1] In later years, the union spent more time focusing on securing positive legislation, and while attempts to organize strawberry workers failed, it continued to win some other recognition votes.^[3]

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