The Forty Acres-United Farm Workers Headquarters
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Nicknamed "The Forty Acres," this is the location of the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union. The union acquired the property in 1966 and this became the headquarters for labor activist Cesar Chavez during the Delano Grape Strike. After the strike, Chavez moved the union headquarters to a new complex; The Forty Acres continued to function as a service center for farmworkers and a local office for the union. The main building on the property, Reuther Hall, was named in honor of United Auto Workers organizer Roy Reuther. A health care clinic and a retirement village were added to the property in the early 1970s. In October 2013, the site was identified as one of several to be part of a proposed new National Historical Park to commemorate the life and work of Chavez and the farm worker movement,
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