United Farm Workers

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civil rights organization labor union nonprofit organization

The United Farm Workers is a labor union and civil rights organization that emerged in the 1960s to advocate for the rights, wages, and working conditions of farmworkers in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Farm Workers Association	4
California farm worker communities	1
Chicano farmworker movement	1
UFW	1
United Farm Workers members	1
United Farm Workers movement	1
United Farm Workers of America	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights organization ⓘ labor union ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
abbreviation	United Farm Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UFW
advocatesFor	better working conditions for farmworkers ⓘ collective bargaining rights ⓘ health protections for farmworkers ⓘ immigration reform ⓘ improved wages for farmworkers ⓘ pesticide regulation ⓘ
colors	black ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	civil rights ⓘ collective bargaining ⓘ farmworker rights ⓘ labor rights ⓘ social justice ⓘ
founded	1962 ⓘ
foundedAs	NFWA ⓘ United Farm Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Farm Workers Association
foundedBy	César Chávez ⓘ surface form: Cesar Chavez Dolores Huerta ⓘ Gilbert Padilla ⓘ Larry Itliong ⓘ Philip Vera Cruz ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Keene, California ⓘ Kern County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	labor union under U.S. law ⓘ
merged	1966 ⓘ
mergedWith	Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
motto	Sí se puede ⓘ
movement	American labor movement ⓘ Chicano movement ⓘ surface form: Chicano Movement Chicano movement ⓘ surface form: Latino civil rights movement
notableCampaign	grape boycotts of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
notableLeader	César Chávez ⓘ surface form: Cesar Chavez Dolores Huerta ⓘ
organizedBoycott	Delano grape strike ⓘ surface form: California table grape boycott Gallo wine boycott ⓘ
organizedStrike	Delano grape strike ⓘ
predecessor	AWOC ⓘ Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ United Farm Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Farm Workers Association
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
regionServed	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California West Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. West Coast United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
represents	agricultural laborers ⓘ farmworkers ⓘ
usesSymbol	black Aztec eagle ⓘ
website	https://ufw.org ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

United Farm Workers → abbreviation → United Farm Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UFW

National Chavez Center, Keene, California, United States → affiliatedWith → United Farm Workers ⓘ

subject surface form: National Chavez Center

Chicano movement → associatedWith → United Farm Workers ⓘ

Helen Fabela Chávez → associatedWith → United Farm Workers ⓘ

this entity surface form: California farm worker communities

Helen Fabela Chávez → associatedWith → United Farm Workers ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Farm Workers of America

César Chávez → coFounded → United Farm Workers ⓘ

National Chavez Center, Keene, California, United States → commemorates → United Farm Workers ⓘ

subject surface form: National Chavez Center

this entity surface form: United Farm Workers movement

César Chávez → founded → United Farm Workers ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Farm Workers Association

United Farm Workers → foundedAs → United Farm Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Farm Workers Association

Chicano movement → hasPart → United Farm Workers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano farmworker movement

Mexican Americans → hasPoliticalOrganization → United Farm Workers ⓘ

César Chávez → memberOf → United Farm Workers ⓘ

César Chávez → mergedOrganizationInto → United Farm Workers ⓘ

Helen Fabela Chávez → movement → United Farm Workers ⓘ

Delano grape strike → organizedBy → United Farm Workers ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Farm Workers Association

Delano grape strike → participant → United Farm Workers ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Farm Workers members

United Farm Workers → predecessor → United Farm Workers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Farm Workers Association