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The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by organizer Larry Itliong.
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The outcome of the fight between Wonderful Co.'s wealthy owners and California's storied farmworker union will shape the future of a divisive new process for unionizing agricultural job sites.
Salinas, California – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [37] Pop 2010 [38] Pop 2020 [39] % 2000 % 2010 ...
The Forty Acres, located in Delano, California, was the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union. The union acquired the site of the compound in 1966, and the buildings were built in the ensuing years.
The UFW Foundation announced Friday the woman who has led the advocacy nonprofit for 18 years, Diana Tellefson Torres, is stepping down and will be succeeded by a woman who has filled in on an ...
Californians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who organized strikes and built coalitions between farmworkers alongside César Chávez and Dolores ...