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On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a United Farm Workers-backed bill that intends to make it easier for farmworkers across California to vote in union elections and, ultimately, join ...
Supporters of AB 1066 argue that the California agriculture industry is well-developed and wealthy, and continues to benefit from an unfair exclusionary overtime subsidy at the expense of agricultural workers. In 2014, the California Department of Food and Agriculture found that the state’s over 76,000 farms had combined revenue of ...
Joe Aguilar of Sacramento waves a United Farm Workers flag in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento after the union finished a 24-day march on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, to call on Gov. Gavin ...
The victory comes less than six months after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law to expand unionization rights of farmworkers.
A California state assemblyman representing the Central Valley area accused the ARLB of being a “rogue agency” that is “out of control.” [3] The ALRB's regional director tried to prevent the workers from voting, leading workers to sue the ALRB to force agency to permit them to choose whether or not to be represented by the UFW.
The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) [note 1] is a landmark [2] statute in United States labor law that was enacted by the state of California in 1975, [3] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in that state, a first in U.S. history. [4]
At least 30 to 50 marchers are expected to walk between 12 and 20 miles a day, amid sweltering heat, for nearly three weeks.
A 2023 Sacramento Bee investigation revealed many migrants farmworkers would prefer to stay year-round in California. ... 2026 to update its definition of “migratory agricultural worker ...