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.

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Label Occurrences
AWOC canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor organization ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
abbreviation AWOC ⓘ
advocatedFor collective bargaining rights for farmworkers ⓘ
collaboratedWith National Farm Workers Association ⓘ
linked to: United Farm Workers
country United States ⓘ
ethnicFocus Filipino American farmworkers ⓘ
field farmworker organizing ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ
ideology trade unionism ⓘ
keyRoleIn Delano grape strike ⓘ
languageOfOrganizing English ⓘ
Tagalog ⓘ
location 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee → abbreviation → AWOC ⓘ
subject linked to: AWOC