In the first episode of season two of A Work(place) in Progress, Sadik, Eva, and Hannah discuss the UFW. The United Farm Workers was a union founded by Cesar Chavez to fight against mistreatment by their employers. The UFW tried plenty of things to try and obtain better working conditions such as sending Chavez on a trip around Europe to gather support from foreign nations, organizing strikes, and staying strong even while they were beaten by the police. However, the UFW eventually had a falling out with Chavez, many of the union members disagreed with how they should move forward as a union. In our podcast, we discuss the highs and lows of the UFW and how we can learn from their mistakes to inform unions in the future.
Photo: Moore, Jacob Ridgeway, "Steers with Boys at Grist Mill." L1984-59_06, Faceville, Georgia, Photographs, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/labor/id/1819/rec/1. Accessed 5 December 2023.
