NFWA

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farm workers organization labor organization predecessor organization

NFWA (National Farm Workers Association) was a labor organization that became the foundation of the United Farm Workers union, central to the farmworker rights movement in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
NFWA canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	farm workers organization ⓘ labor organization ⓘ predecessor organization ⓘ
affiliatedWith	United Farm Workers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	farmworker rights ⓘ labor rights ⓘ
foundationOf	United Farm Workers ⓘ
foundedAs	United Farm Workers ⓘ surface form: National Farm Workers Association
foundedBy	César Chávez ⓘ surface form: Cesar Chavez Dolores Huerta ⓘ Filipino American farm workers ⓘ Gilbert Padilla ⓘ Larry Itliong ⓘ Mexican American farm workers ⓘ Philip Vera Cruz ⓘ
fullName	United Farm Workers ⓘ surface form: National Farm Workers Association
hadSymbol	black Aztec eagle ⓘ
ideology	Catholic social teaching ⓘ nonviolent activism ⓘ social justice ⓘ
inspired	later farmworker organizing efforts in the United States ⓘ
languageOfOrganizing	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mergedInto	United Farm Workers ⓘ
mergedWith	Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
movement	American labor movement ⓘ Chicano movement ⓘ farmworker rights movement in the United States ⓘ
notableCampaign	California grape boycott ⓘ Delano grape strike ⓘ
operatedInSector	agriculture ⓘ
predecessorOf	United Farm Workers ⓘ
purpose	collective bargaining for farm workers ⓘ improving wages and working conditions for farm workers ⓘ organizing farm workers ⓘ securing labor rights for agricultural workers ⓘ
represented	Filipino American farm workers ⓘ Mexican American farm workers ⓘ migrant farm workers ⓘ
significance	central organization in the U.S. farmworker rights movement ⓘ foundation of the United Farm Workers union ⓘ
usedTactic	boycotts ⓘ marches ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ strikes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Farm Workers → foundedAs → NFWA ⓘ