In 1965, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, young Mexican American union organizers, brought Mexican and Filipino workers together to form the United Farm Workers (UFW). The UFW joined a strike of Grape pickers in Delano, California. The strike grew larger until it became immortalized as “La Huelga” (the struggle). In 1968, the UFW began a nationwide boycott of table grapes and millions of Americans refused to buy them. In 1970, the first growers agreed to sign union contracts, but the strife continued another three years.