United Farm Workers March to the California State Capitol Building (August 2022)
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UC Davis. Welga Archive, Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies
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Title: United Farm Workers March to the California State Capitol Building (August 2022)
Dates: August 26, 2022
Collection Number: wa030
Creator/Collector:
Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies
Extent: 27 photographs
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Repository:
UC Davis. Welga Archive, Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies
Davis, California 95616
Abstract: Photographs from Filipino contingent of the United Farm Workers march to the California State Capitol building in support
of Assembly Bill 2183.
Language of Material: English
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Biography/Administrative History
The United Farm Workers originates from two leading labor and agricultural associations in California's Central Valley: the
predominantly-Filipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) and the predominantly-Mexican National Farm Workers
Association (NFWA).
On September 8, 1965, AWOC voted to strike against Delano's table grape growers, with NFWA joining the strike a week later.
In 1966, the two organizations rallied farmworkers and allied groups to a march from Delano to Sacramento. Shortly after,
the two groups were merged into the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), and continued the grape strike until
the collection bargaining agreement was signed in 1970. In 1967, the organization was re-organized into the United Farm Workers
(UFW).
In 2022, Assembly Bill 2183 was approved by both houses of the California legislature, however, California Governor Gavin
Newsom has yet to sign the bill into law. The bill expands voting options for farmworkers by allowing them to choose if they
want to vote at a physical location, or vote by mailing or dropping off a representation ballot card to the Agricultural Labor
Relations Board (ALRB) office. Mirroring the 1966 Delano to Sacramento march, the United Farmworkers set off from Delano to
Sacramento starting on August 3, 2022. The Sacramento portion of the march marked the final rally in support of AB 2183.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs from the United Farm Workers march to the California State Capitol building in support of Assembly Bill 2183.
Subjects primarily consists of the Filipino contingent of the march, and UFW supporters at the State Capitol building.
Filipino Americans
Labor unions
Labor Movements
Agricultural Workers
Mexican Americans
United Farmworkers
Sacramento (Calif.)