'We will let Gov. Newsom know our desire and courage to stand up for what is right for farmworkers and the labor movement,' labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta said in defense of a bill that would make it easier to vote in union elections. AB2183
"We will let Gov. Newsom know our desire and courage to stand up for what is right for farmworkers and the labor movement," said labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta.Up against both the imminent close of California's two-year state legislative session and opposition from Gavin Newsom, Golden State farmworkers and their supporters on Monday implored the Democratic governor to sign a bill that would make it easier for agricultural laborers to vote in union elections.
The measure now goes back to the state Assembly. If passed before the end of the current legislative session—which expires at midnight Wednesday—the bill faces stiff opposition from Newsom, who,a spokesperson,"cannot support an untested mail-in election process that lacks critical provisions to protect the integrity of the election and is predicated on an assumption that government cannot effectively enforce laws.
"They are mostly undocumented, family members work at the same farm, and the moment that they start saying that they want a union or asking for their rights, they are fired," sheBackers of the bill rallied and staged around-the-clock vigils in cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, and Sacramento, where demonstrators chanted,"Sign the bill" during a large gathering at the end of the march.that"A.B.
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