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More hypocrisy from Newsom; Sticks it to farm workers-NO MAIL IN VOTING

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Newsom cites “inconsistencies” in the proposal, prompts union protests at the French Laundry.

The Sac Bee reports:

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed farm workers to vote by mail in union elections, a change the United Farm Workers pressed for after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year dealt a setback to its organizing practices.

Assembly Bill 616 would have allowed agricultural workers to select their collective bargaining representative through a ballot card election by voting at a physical location or mail or dropping off a ballot to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board office.

Once again, rules for thee but not for me.


Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254452908.html#storylink=cpy