Historical Organization

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

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Racism 📍 United States

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

Also known as: UFWOC

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Organization Timeline

Farmworker organizations unite in the UFWOC

📅 22 August 1966

The NFWA and AWOC joined to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. The merger consolidated cooperation between predominantly Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers. Their common...

Delano grape growers sign contracts after the farmworkers' campaign

📅 29 July 1970

Delano-area table-grape growers signed union contracts following years of strikes and consumer boycotts. Mexican and Filipino farmworkers and their supporters had challenged low pay and degrading...