San Jose students push for recognition of Filipino farm workers in UFW movement

AAPI Heritage Month

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is observed in the United States during the month of May, and recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.

This is long overdue of course. Thank you to the San Jose State University students who keep the fight alive.

 

Unlike most of the kids he grew up with in San Jose, 91-year-old Robert Ragsac never looked forward to the day when school would let out in June. https://t.co/1ScoYh1saq

— CBS News Bay Area (@KPIXtv) May 4, 2023

San Jose State students want recognition for Filipino farmworkers https://t.co/BTSpLytBep

— South Bay Progressive Alliance (SBPA) (@SouthBayPA) April 26, 2023

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 Farm Workers Union.

Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one Filipino-American online community in California, if not the USA. 🇺🇸 Please click this to follow www.pinoybuilt.com. Thank you! Maraming salamat po kabayan. 🇵🇭