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Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000221_AWOC
Abstract
AWOC was chartered by the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) to organize farm workers in California. During its seven-year existence, AWOC called many strikes against growers and farm labor contractors and achieved some success in raising wages of farm laborers.
Dates:
1959 - 1966
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library