AWOC
E190022
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AWOC canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee