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UFW

American  
  1. United Farm Workers of America.


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La Paz, the UFW headquarters in Kern County where Chávez moved the union operations in the 1970s, is a national monument.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Times investigation uncovered the grim conditions faced by farmworkers despite the UFW, which had dramatically declined in size, and how the union had turned to political fundraising that did not benefit those working the fields.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

But over the last two weeks, portions of the UFW history have been rewritten, in large part through the words of Huerta herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

At a rally in support of the UFW in Fresno on Wednesday, Carolina Sánchez, a farmworker from Delano, said she did not want to believe the allegations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

A predecessor of the UFW, the National Farm Workers Assn., was founded in 1962 in the town of Delano by Chavez, Huerta and other activists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026