Unionizing farmworkers highlights evolving agriculture landscape

Unionizing farmworkers highlights evolving agriculture landscape

By Published On: October 15th, 2021Categories: Capitol Pressroom

October 15, 2021 – A 2019 state law designed to foster collective bargaining rights of farmworkers is being utilized for the first time by a dozen employees at a Long Island vineyard, who will be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. We hear from a farmworker at the vineyard and the local labor advocate who helped organize the movement.

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