The United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA) was a labor union formed in 1937 and incorporated large numbers of Mexican, black, Asian, and Anglo food processing workers under its banner.[1] The founders envisioned a national decentralized labor organization with power flowing from the bottom up. Although it was short-lived, the UCAPAWA influenced the lives of many workers and had a major impact for both women and minority workers in the union.
UCAPAWA changed its name to Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers (FTA) in 1944.
- ^ Ruiz, Vicki (1987). Cannery Women Cannery Lives. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. xvii. ISBN 0-8263-1006-0.