Which labor organization formed in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to improve conditions of migrant workers?

Which labor organization formed in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to improve conditions of migrant workers?

• A. National Organization for Women (NOW)
• B. United Farm Workers of America (UFW)
• C. American Indian Movement (AIM)
• D. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Answer: (B)

Organizing migrant workers to gain collective bargaining power and improve conditions is what this question is about. Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which later became the United Farm Workers of America. The aim was to unite farmworkers—many of whom were migrants—to demand fair wages, safer working conditions, and the right to negotiate with growers. The UFW mobilized through strikes and boycotts, bringing national attention to farm labor issues, with the Delano grape strike of 1965 standing out as a defining example. The other groups listed were involved in different social movements: one focused on women's rights, another on Native American rights, and another on civil rights for African Americans, rather than farm labor organizing.

Organizing migrant workers to gain collective bargaining power and improve conditions is what this question is about. Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which later became the United Farm Workers of America. The aim was to unite farmworkers—many of whom were migrants—to demand fair wages, safer working conditions, and the right to negotiate with growers. The UFW mobilized through strikes and boycotts, bringing national attention to farm labor issues, with the Delano grape strike of 1965 standing out as a defining example.

The other groups listed were involved in different social movements: one focused on women's rights, another on Native American rights, and another on civil rights for African Americans, rather than farm labor organizing.