'I strongly support California's Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act (A.B. 2183),' said President Joe Biden. 'In the state with the largest population of farmworkers, the least we owe them is an easier path to make a free and fair choice to ...
"I strongly support California's Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act , which will give California's agricultural workers greater opportunity to organize and collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions," Biden said.
"Farmworkers worked tirelessly and at great personal risk to keep food on America's tables during the pandemic," he continued."In the state with the largest population of farmworkers, the least we owe them is an easier path to make a free and fair choice to organize a union. I am grateful to California's elected officials and union leaders for leading the way."
While the California Chamber of Commerce and agriculture industry groups oppose A.B. 2183, the bill is backed by the United Farm Workers , which says the measure is intended to protect farmworkers from supervisor intimidation during union elections.Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, who left the state Assembly earlier
this year to serve as chief officer of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, declared Sunday night that it is"time to sign the bill." The push for the A.B. 2183 in California comes amid a unionization wave sweeping the country, with workers organizing at giant corporations including
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