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Workers at a Stanislaus County tomato farm and packing company are the first to successfully unionize under a new California law making it easier for farmworkers to organize, the United Farm Workers said today. The
Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, March 19, 2023.
A march last summer stood as a reckoning of sorts for a union desperate to regain its relevance
Decades after Cesar Chavez made the union a power in California fields, it has lost much of its clout. Membership dropped precipitously, from 60,000 to 5,500. It hopes a new law will turn the tide.
Thousands of supporters rallied behind the marchers in the final mile of their pilgrimage. The bill they support made its way to Newsom’s desk Monday afternoon.