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1960s Photo of Philip Vera Cruz
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-07 at 4.28.05 PM_thumb.png2022-10-07T23:29:56+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911“He was one of the co-founders of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), a labor union that later joined the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) to become what is known today as the United Farm Workers (UFW). During his years with AWOC, Philip and the other leaders made the decision to start Delano Grape Strike which was one of the most significant and well known strikes in the history of farmworker struggle in California. This strike is what eventually made the UFW. Philip Vera Cruz was the long standing second Vice President of the UFW until he retired in in 1997.”plain2022-10-07T23:29:56+00:001960sGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
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