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C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and Larry Itliong standing on stage during the UFWOC charter presentation, Delano, 1966. Photo by John Kouns.<\/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=”{}”]The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) merged to form, under the AFL-CIO, the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) on August 22, 1966. This affiliation was facilitated by William Kircher, director of organizing at the AFL-CIO, who after visiting the pilgrimage to Sacramento in April had transferred AWOC funds and headquarters to Delano, under the direction of Larry Itliong, and recognized NFWA’s claim to represent DiGiorgio workers pulling out AWOC from the ballot. Fearing to lose their autonomy, NFWA leaders were skeptical of the merger, but the need to preserve unity during the DiGiorgio election campaign persuaded them to affiliate.<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17.41.JK_.N35.B12.12.11.png” background_position=”top_center” min_height=”65vh” link_option_url=”https:\/\/digital-collections.csun.edu\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/2034″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”336.8px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”auto||auto||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/digital-collections.csun.edu\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/2034″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Agust\u00edn Lira and Luis Valdez singing on stage during a UFWOC presentation, Delano, 1966. Photo by John Kouns.<\/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” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n When UFWOC was officially chartered, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez<\/a> became director and Larry Itliong<\/a> assistant director. Besides Ch\u00e1vez and Itliong, the UFWOC’s executive board included leaders from both NFWA and AWOC: Gilbert Padilla<\/a>, Philip Vera Cruz<\/a>, Dolores Huerta<\/a>, Tony Orend\u00e1in<\/a>, Andy Imutan<\/a>, Julio Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, Manuel V\u00e1squez, and DeWitt Tannehill.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D22030″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D22030″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17.41.JK_.N35.B12.12.11-1.png” alt=”Bill Kircher presenting the UFWOC charter to C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and Larry Itliong, Delano, 1966″ title_text=”Bill Kircher presenting the UFWOC charter to C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and Larry Itliong, Delano, 1966″ url=”https:\/\/digital-collections.csun.edu\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/2036″ url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _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=”40px” text_line_height=”1.2em” width=”95.4%” custom_padding=”|||34px||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Bill Kircher presenting the UFWOC charter to C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and Larry Itliong, Delano, 1966<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”6vh||||false|false” custom_padding=”|10vh||5vh|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n William “Bill” Kircher was the national director of organizing assigned by the president of the AFL-CIO George Meany to go to Delano during the strike. Kircher met with Ch\u00e1vez during the march to Sacramento. There, Ch\u00e1vez decided that the NFWA would become an AFL-CIO affiliate and talks of an AWOC-NFWA merger began. One point brought up by opposition to the merger was that Kircher’s superior, Meany, steered the AFL-CIO in a more conservative direction and could handicap the NFWA like some of the more progressive unions before it. Ch\u00e1vez ultimately decided that the merger was a good idea because having AWOC and NFWA on the DiGiorgio ballot could split the anti-company and anti-Teamsters vote.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”auto||auto||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][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=”{}”]UFWOC won unprecedented autonomy from the AFL-CIO and as an organizing committee it was entitled to a monthly subsidy. The new union faced challenges as some members of AWOC quit due to economic or ideological differences. AWOC organizers were asked to give up their weekly pay of $125 and saw their work as a trade dispute rather than a social justice movement. One AWOC organizer, Ben Gines, joined the Teamsters instead of the new union. UFWOC was busy from the start, tackling multiple campaigns including the Perelli-Minetti and Sons national boycott and various election campaigns at the DiGiorgio and Goldberg ranches.<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/digital-collections.csun.edu\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/2033″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez standing on stage with a mariachi band, Delano, 1966. 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