9.28.22 Congrats to all! Assembly Bill 2183 was signed into law yesterday. Persistence and pressure can pay off...
* 📸 @andresideas
* 📸 @ruby_blanca_wines IG
* #unitedfarmworks #votingrights
* copy from @capitolweekly morning newsletter & @sacramentobee:
MATTHEW MIRANDA, SacBee: "Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Wednesday that will allow farmworkers to vote by mail in union elections, one year after he vetoed a similar version of the bill.
Newsom joined labor leaders at a United Farm Workers vigil in front of the Capitol to sign the law, Assembly Bill 2183. He then handed a copy of the bill to Xochitl Nunez, a farmworker from Orosi. “California’s farmworkers are the lifeblood of our state, and they have the fundamental right to unionize and advocate for themselves in the workplace,” Newsom said in a written statement.
“Our state has been defined by the heroic activism of farmworkers, championed by American icons like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. California is proud to stand with the next generation of leaders carrying on this movement.” ...
