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Julio and Fina Hern\u00e1ndez talking with others at the credit union office, Delano, 1966. Photo by Emmon Clarke<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Established in 1963, the Farm Workers Credit Union (FWCU), was an entirely new program that rose out of the Farm Workers Association (FWA). C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez was confident that all cooperatives and credit unions could empower people. The idea for a credit union was born out of his and his wife Helen\u2019s experiences with the Community Service Organization. C\u00e9sar\u2019s brother Richard Ch\u00e1vez had learned to build houses, building himself one. C\u00e9sar used Richard\u2019s home as collateral, securing $3,500 to help start the credit union; there were already 7 members and $35 in savings.<\/span><\/p>\n The FWCU provided farmworkers with services that they may not have otherwise had access to a safe place to store their money and for a one-time payment of 25 cents, an account where they were not charged membership or late fees, and access to small, low-interest personal loans for medical bills, auto repairs, household appliances, weddings, funerals, etc. Furthermore, farmworkers had access to life insurance, to loan protections in the event of a premature death or loss of employment, and compensation to beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n Ultimately, the FWCU proved successful, due to the efforts of people like Helen Ch\u00e1vez, who was its manager, and of Julio Hern\u00e1ndez, who served as its president. By 1969, six years after its founding and three years into the Delano Grape Strike, the FWCU boasted that it had loaned $183,000 to 874 members.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_slide image=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/96.01.EC_.N35.B1.08.68.03.jpg” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”46px” background_color=”#D22030″ background_enable_color=”on” background_enable_image=”off” link_option_url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/1159\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Helen Ch\u00e1vez opens an accounting book during an interview. She was the manager of the Farm Workers Credit Union. Delano, California, 1967. Photo by Emmon Clarke<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide image=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/17.41.JK_.N35.B9.10.05.04A_Richard_Chavez-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”46px” background_color=”#D22030″ background_enable_color=”on” background_enable_image=”off” link_option_url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/3184\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Richard Ch\u00e1vez, Delano, California, 1968. 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