<P> To further her cause , Huerta created the Agricultural Workers Association ( AWA ) in 1960 . Through the AWA , she lobbied politicians on many issues , including allowing migrant workers without U.S. citizenship to receive public assistance and pensions and creating Spanish - language voting ballots and driver 's tests . In 1962 , she co-founded a workers ' union with César Chávez , which was later known as the United Farm Workers ( UFW ) . The two made a great team . Chávez was the dynamic leader and speaker and Huerta was a skilled organizer and tough negotiator . Huerta was instrumental in the union 's many successes , including the strikes against California grape growers in the 1960s and 1970s . </P>
<P> To further her cause , Huerta created the Agricultural Workers Association ( AWA ) in 1960 . Through the AWA , she lobbied politicians on many issues , including allowing migrant workers without U.S. citizenship to receive public assistance and pensions and creating Spanish - language voting ballots and driver 's tests . In 1962 , she co-founded a workers ' union with César Chávez , which was later known as the United Farm Workers ( UFW ) . The two made a great team . Chávez was the dynamic leader and speaker and Huerta was a skilled organizer and tough negotiator . Huerta was instrumental in the union 's many successes , including the strikes against California grape growers in the 1960s and 1970s . </P>
when was the united farm workers union formed
when was the united farm workers union formed
1962
1962