<P> The United Farm Workers of America , or more commonly just United Farm Workers ( UFW ) , is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States . It originated from the merger of two workers ' rights organizations , the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ( AWOC ) led by organizer Larry Itliong , and the National Farm Workers Association ( NFWA ) led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta . They became allied and transformed from workers ' rights organizations into a union as a result of a series of strikes in 1965 , when the mostly Filipino farmworkers of the AWOC in Delano , California initiated a grape strike , and the NFWA went on strike in support . As a result of the commonality in goals and methods , the NFWA and the AWOC formed the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee on August 22 , 1966 . This organization was accepted into the AFL - CIO in 1972 and changed its name to the United Farmworkers Union . </P>
<P> The United Farm Workers of America , or more commonly just United Farm Workers ( UFW ) , is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States . It originated from the merger of two workers ' rights organizations , the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee ( AWOC ) led by organizer Larry Itliong , and the National Farm Workers Association ( NFWA ) led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta . They became allied and transformed from workers ' rights organizations into a union as a result of a series of strikes in 1965 , when the mostly Filipino farmworkers of the AWOC in Delano , California initiated a grape strike , and the NFWA went on strike in support . As a result of the commonality in goals and methods , the NFWA and the AWOC formed the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee on August 22 , 1966 . This organization was accepted into the AFL - CIO in 1972 and changed its name to the United Farmworkers Union . </P>
where did the first major nfwa strike take place
where did the first major nfwa strike take place
1965
1965