Farmworkers Win Rights: California Grants Collective Bargaining Power
Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first American law granting farmworkers the right to organize unions and bargain collectively, a victory that Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers had fought for through years of strikes, boycotts, and marches. The act established an Agricultural Labor Relations Board to oversee elections and mediate disputes, extending protections that the 1935 National Labor Relations Act had deliberately excluded from agricultural workers.
June 4, 1975
51 years ago
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