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=='''About UFW'''==
=='''About UFW'''==
The United Farmworkers Union (UFW) has a special place in the history of farm labor organizing.  It is the only successful union ever established to defend the rights of those who grow and harvest the crops.


The dominant force behind attempts to unionize much of the agricultural labor force concentrated in California and spinning off of smaller-scale efforts in Arizona, Texas, Florida, Washington, Ohio, and Michigan has been the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), headed since its inception in 1962 by Cesar Chavez until his death in April 1993.  Though its strength has diminished sinec the early 1980s, the UFW continues to be the largest agrictultural labor union in California.
The dominant force behind attempts to unionize much of the agricultural labor force concentrated in California and spinning off of smaller-scale efforts in Arizona, Texas, Florida, Washington, Ohio, and Michigan has been the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), headed since its inception in 1962 by Cesar Chavez until his death in April 1993.  Though its strength has diminished sinec the early 1980s, the UFW continues to be the largest agrictultural labor union in California.

Revision as of 22:46, 30 April 2006

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Description



"Across the San Joaquin valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the fields...there you will see our flags, with the black eagle with the white and red background, flying. Our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain."



Description


About UFW

The United Farmworkers Union (UFW) has a special place in the history of farm labor organizing. It is the only successful union ever established to defend the rights of those who grow and harvest the crops.

The dominant force behind attempts to unionize much of the agricultural labor force concentrated in California and spinning off of smaller-scale efforts in Arizona, Texas, Florida, Washington, Ohio, and Michigan has been the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), headed since its inception in 1962 by Cesar Chavez until his death in April 1993. Though its strength has diminished sinec the early 1980s, the UFW continues to be the largest agrictultural labor union in California.

Vision

To provide farm workers and other working people with the inspiration and tools to share in society's bounty.


Core Values:

  • Integrity
  • Si Se Puede Attitude
  • Innovation
  • Non-Violence
  • Empowerment


Stuff

Bibliography

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