Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee

E190021
farm workers union labor organization trade union

The Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee was an early labor organization that helped lay the groundwork for farmworker unionization in the United States, particularly among Latino and Filipino agricultural laborers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee canonical 5
United Farm Workers (predecessor organization) 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf farm workers union ⓘ
labor organization ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
activeIn Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: California Central Valley

Delano, California ⓘ
affiliation AFL–CIO ⓘ
cause better working conditions for farm workers ⓘ
collective bargaining rights for agricultural laborers ⓘ
improved wages for farm workers ⓘ
collaboratedWith César Chávez ⓘ
surface form: Cesar Chavez

Dolores Huerta ⓘ
United Farm Workers ⓘ
surface form: National Farm Workers Association
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field agricultural labor ⓘ
farmworker organizing ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
hasEthnicFocus Filipino American farm workers ⓘ
Latino farm workers ⓘ
Mexican American farm workers ⓘ
historicalRole early organizer of Filipino and Latino agricultural laborers in the U.S. ⓘ
precursor to the United Farm Workers ⓘ
keyPerson Andy Imutan ⓘ
Larry Itliong ⓘ
Pete Velasco ⓘ
Philip Vera Cruz ⓘ
location California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
mergedInto United Farm Workers ⓘ
surface form: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
movement Chicano movement ⓘ
Filipino American labor movement ⓘ
farm worker movement ⓘ
notableFor laying groundwork for farmworker unionization in the United States ⓘ
organizing Filipino farm workers in California ⓘ
role in the Delano grape strike ⓘ
parentOrganization AFL–CIO ⓘ
represents agricultural workers ⓘ
grape workers ⓘ
successor United Farm Workers ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

United Farm Workers → predecessor → Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
United Farm Workers → mergedWith → Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
Delano grape strike → organizedBy → Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
NFWA → mergedWith → Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
Larry Itliong → coFounded → Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Farm Workers (predecessor organization)
Pete Velasco → memberOf → Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ