Farm Workers Association. Approximately 1000 members, mainly of Filipino decent, refuse to go to work or stage sit-ins at camps. Packing sheds are picketed.
Growers refuse to negotiate.
September 18 Over 1000 members of the National Farm Workers Association attend a strike meeting and vote unanimously to join AWOC in the strike. The cooperation of different unions and strike groups makes the strike unique. September 19 FWA director Cesar Chavez meets with AWOC director Al Green. An FWA member is beaten up while distributing leaflets. Hundreds of workers leave the fields and join the cause of the unions.