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\ \ t H t t { eee Ree eee ee ER nae ee ele nme OTe oe ta et a. woe ag rae nes eo SR ona eo vam | A ee TE ASR te bell aan ce A Rieti tee athe el oe Tie A th ee Mt Ba Pal oy, NR TY Ng fy . . u. Cc oe. . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Rafer t Sacramento, California File No. July 3, 1973 UNKNOWN SUBJECTS UNITED FARM WORKERS - VICTIMS In 1963 the American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Orgenization CAFL-CIO) founded the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) headed by AFL-CIO organizer AL@reen. At this time the fillipino farm workers were the primary target. In 1965, the AWOC conducted a small strike of fillipino workers and some Mexican laborers at Arvin, California, which was supported by thé United Farm Workers Association (UFWA), headed_by Ces vez. In September, — 1965 the UFWA entered into the strike with the AOC, receiving support ,from various civil rights workers. un } The UFWA was originally organized by people \ he split from the Committee Services Organization (C50) a Mexican-American organization designed to further and improve life of the Mexican-American in the United States. In late 1965 theayot and UFWA combined into the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) under the AFL-CIO, This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned © to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. MY 15- a AG Se Ra RS ete eg a at RE PCE Daan Bo ee me a pe ArT pre cnet mee yn ge