The National Farm Workers Association
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In this small town in the San Joaquin Valley -- California's fruit basket -- Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta joined forces in 1962 to found , later known as the United Farm Workers (UFW). Delano is still the organization's headquarters.
As Mexican-Americans born to parents who did manual labor, C ....
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.... boycott of table grapes, urging shoppers throughout the country not to buy or eat grapes.
In 1970, as a result of the boycott, many growers signed contracts with the UFW. However, vegetable growers signed contracts with the Teamsters in order to limit UFW power and, in 1973 when the grape contracts expired, grape growers also signed with the Teamsters. In protest, more than 10,000 farm workers walked out of the fields.
As a result of the strike and further boycotts against lettuce and G ....
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