AWOC Headquarters

Overview

Under the banner “If we stick together we can win,” the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) advocated for unity in struggle, bringing together a multi-racial coalition of farm workers and labor organizers to discuss the strategy and tactics of past strike actions and the current terrain of agricultural labor organizing. AWOC headquarters, shown here, was located American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Labor Temple in Stockton, California.

Questions

  • How might organizing across racial groups impact labor organizing?

Color photograph of two story brick building with banner reading "A.F.L.-C.I.O. Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee" and a vertical marquee reading "A.F. of L. Labor Temple."

Color photograph of a block of commercial business on a street in California. A blue Volkswagon truck bearing the message "Agricultural workers get wise - organize" is parked at the curb.

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) Storefront at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Labor Temple in Stockton, Calif. Links to an external site., Henry Pope Anderson Papers, larc.ms.0422,  Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Blue Volkswagen truck bearing painted message "Agricultural Workers Get Wise Organize" Links to an external site., Henry Pope Anderson Papers, larc.ms.0422,  Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.