NFWA

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NFWA (National Farm Workers Association) was a labor organization that became the foundation of the United Farm Workers union, central to the farmworker rights movement in the United States.

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NFWA canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf farm workers organization ⓘ
labor organization ⓘ
predecessor organization ⓘ
affiliatedWith United Farm Workers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
field farmworker rights ⓘ
labor rights ⓘ
foundationOf United Farm Workers ⓘ
foundedAs National Farm Workers Association ⓘ
linked to: United Farm Workers
foundedBy Cesar Chavez ⓘ
linked to: César Chávez

Dolores Huerta ⓘ
Filipino American farm workers ⓘ
Gilbert Padilla ⓘ
Larry Itliong ⓘ
Mexican American farm workers ⓘ
Philip Vera Cruz ⓘ
fullName National Farm Workers Association ⓘ
linked to: United Farm Workers
hadSymbol black Aztec eagle ⓘ
ideology Catholic social teaching ⓘ
nonviolent activism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
inspired later farmworker organizing efforts in the United States ⓘ
languageOfOrganizing English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locationCountry United States ⓘ
mergedInto United Farm Workers ⓘ
mergedWith Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ⓘ
movement American labor movement ⓘ
Chicano movement ⓘ
farmworker rights movement in the United States ⓘ
notableCampaign California grape boycott ⓘ
Delano grape strike ⓘ
operatedInSector agriculture ⓘ
predecessorOf United Farm Workers ⓘ
purpose collective bargaining for farm workers ⓘ
improving wages and working conditions for farm workers ⓘ
organizing farm workers ⓘ
securing labor rights for agricultural workers ⓘ
represented Filipino American farm workers ⓘ
Mexican American farm workers ⓘ
migrant farm workers ⓘ
significance central organization in the U.S. farmworker rights movement ⓘ
foundation of the United Farm Workers union ⓘ
usedTactic boycotts ⓘ
marches ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ
strikes ⓘ

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