Curious Unions: Mexican American Workers and Resistance in Oxnard, California, 1898–1961

List of Abbreviations

xiii ABBREVIATIONS absc American Beet Sugar Company aclu American Civil Liberties Union acwu Agricultural and Citrus Workers Union af Associated Farmers afl American Federation of Labor afvc Associated Farmers of Ventura County awoc Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee cawiu Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union ccc Civilian Conservation Corps cfge California Fruit Growers Exchange cic Colonia Improvement Company cio Congress of Industrial Organizations cs Community Service cso Community Service Organization cucom La Confederción de Uniones Campesinos y Obreros Mexicanos (Confederation of Mexican Farm Laborer and Worker Unions) fba Filipino Brotherhood Association fha Federal Housing Authority fps Farm Placement Service fsa Farm Security Administration xiv list of abbreviations ild International Labor Defense imc Independent Mexican Committee iww Industrial Workers of the World jaa Japanese Association of America jmla Japanese-Mexican Labor Association nawu National Agricultural Workers Union ncdpp National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners nflu National Farm Labor Union nlrb National Labor Relations Board oflc Oxnard Farm Labor Center plm El Partido Liberal Mexicano (Mexican Liberal Party) sbflu Sugar Beet Farm Laborers Union scbga Southern California Beet Growers Association scic Santa Clara Irrigation Company sra State Relief Administration uffvg United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Growers ufm Unión Federal Mexicanos (Mexican Federal Union) upbmi La Unión Patriótica Benéfica Mexicana Independiente (Patriotic Union to Benefit Mexican Independence) upwa United Packinghouse Workers of America uso United Service Organization vcfb Ventura County Farm Bureau vcfla Ventura County Farm Labor Association wacc Western Agricultural Contracting Company CURIOUS UNIONS ...