Chávez Forms Farm Workers’ Union and Leads Grape Pickers’ Strike
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Business, Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos, Human Rights, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Farms, Farming, Rural Life, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Latino History
- Geographical Location: California
- Date: September 30, 1962
Article abstract: The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was a predecessor to the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), the first permanent agricultural workers’ union in the United States.
Summary of Event
Throughout the twentieth century farm workers have struggled to organize themselves against a politico-agribusiness complex that has been rather successful at resisting them. Only since the mid-1960’s have working conditions for farm workers begun to improve substantially. Improvements in income and working conditions are direct results of...
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