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THE FILIPINO STRIKERS OF AWOC AND THE MEXICAN WORKERS OF NFWA MERGED IN 1967 TO FORM UFWOC - UNITED FARM WORKERS ORGANZING COMMITTEE
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FILIPINOS WERE SKILLED WORKERS IN THE TABLE GRAPE INDUSTRY AND THERE WAS TENSION BETWEEN FILIPINO AND MEXICAN FARMWORKERS
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FILIPINOS WERE BROUGHT TO THE U.S. TO WORK IN THE FIELDS, THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED TO OWN LAND OR TO MARRY.
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THE FILIPINO WORKERS OF AWOC STARTED THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE NFWA JOINED THEM, YET MANY FILIPINOS CONTINUED TO WORK AS STRIKEBREAKERS
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DELANO GROWERS BUSSED IN STRIKEBREAKERS FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER, YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO APPRECIATE THE EMOTIONS OF HELPLESSNESS
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