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Bookmark or Share- United Farm Workers of America - Bill of Rights InstituteChávez’s childhood as a migrant farmworker would forever shape him as he experienced firsthand the injustices of brutally long hours, back-breaking labor, corrupt labor contractors who deducted high rents from workers’ pay, and extremely low wages.
- United Farm Workers - WikipediaThe United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States.
- UFW History – UFWFarm labor contractors played favorites with workers, selecting friends first, sometimes accepting bribes. Child labor was rampant, and many workerswere injured or died in easily preventable accidents.
- 1962: United Farm Workers Union - Library of CongressThrough a series of marches, national consumer boycotts, and fasts, the United Farm Workers union attracted national headlines, gained labor contracts with higher wages and improved working conditions, galvanizing the Chicano movement.
- United Farm Workers of America - NFWMBegun in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, Gilbert Padilla, and other early organizers, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s longest enduring farm worker union. The UFW continues organizing in major agricultural sectors, chiefly in California.
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