Gilbert Padilla

E197588

Gilbert Padilla was a key Mexican-American labor organizer and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers alongside leaders like César Chávez.

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Gilbert Padilla canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican-American activist
civil rights activist
human
labor organizer
advocatedFor economic justice for agricultural workers
nonviolent social change
unionization of farm workers
cause Mexican-American civil rights
collective bargaining rights for farm workers
improvement of working conditions for farm workers
coFounded United Farm Workers
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicity Mexican-American
familyName Padilla
fieldOfWork agricultural labor
civil rights
labor organizing
givenName Gilbert
language English
Spanish
movement Chicano movement
surface form: Chicano civil rights movement

farm workers' rights movement
notableFor leadership in the farm worker movement
organizing grape workers in California
notableRole co-founder of United Farm Workers
notableWork organizing farm workers in California
politicalAlignment labor movement
workedWith César Chávez
Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta
surface form: Dolores Huerta

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United Farm Workers foundedBy Gilbert Padilla
NFWA foundedBy Gilbert Padilla