Newcomb, Robert L.
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Historical Background
History
The California farm labor movement began in the 1960s when the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee began unionizing California farm workers. The National Farm Workers Association was founded by Cesar Chavez, and later became the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). In 1968 Chavez launched a boycott of California table grape growers and was successful in mobilizing consumer support throughout the United States. In 1970 the UFW, with Chavez as president, became a member union of the AFL-CIO. Chavez made people across the country aware of the struggles of farm workers for better pay and safer living conditions and succeeded by using nonviolent tactics including boycotts, fasting, pickets, and strikes.
From the guide to the United Farm Workers Information Fair collection, circa 1959-1974, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)
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Subjects:
- Agricultural laborers
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- Activist