On August 22, 1966, the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) was founded when the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) merged together under the umbrella of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The United Farm Workers, under the leadership of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, fought for labor and civil rights for Mexican-American and Filipino farm workers, especially those work