United Farm Workers of America (UFW)

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"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."

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About UFW

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

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