AWOC

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AWOC (Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee) was a labor organization that played a key role in organizing farmworkers in the United States, particularly Filipino agricultural laborers, and later merged into the United Farm Workers.

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AWOC canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor organization
trade union
abbreviation AWOC self-linksurface differs
advocatedFor collective bargaining rights for farmworkers
collaboratedWith United Farm Workers
surface form: National Farm Workers Association
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicFocus Filipino American farmworkers
field farmworker organizing
labor organizing
ideology trade unionism
keyRoleIn Delano grape strike
languageOfOrganizing English
Tagalog
location California, United States
surface form: California
mainlyOrganized agricultural workers
mergedInto United Farm Workers
movement American labor movement
farmworker movement
notableFor organizing Filipino agricultural laborers
role in the farm labor movement in California
operatedIn California, United States
surface form: California
organized Filipino farmworkers
Mexican American farmworkers
partOf United Farm Workers
purpose improve wages and working conditions of farmworkers
represents migrant farmworkers
seasonal agricultural laborers
sector agriculture
successor United Farm Workers
typeOfOrganization industrial union

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AWOC abbreviation AWOC self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee