Baldemar Velasquez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Baldemar Velasquez

American labor leader

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1947

Place of Birth: Pharr, Texas, United States

Profession: farmworker, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.