As farmworker marchers reach Sacramento, Newsom says he won't support proposal without changes
Legislation expanding how the workers who feed you, me, and the rest of America can vote in their union elections has been at the heart of the near-month-long march that is coming to an end today, Friday. Farmworkers have marched 335 miles to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill strengthening their union rights.
But as farmworkers complete the final leg of their journey, the governor’s office said Thursday that he yet again won’t support the bill in its current form. He vetoed a version of it last year. However, his office said that he would be open to negotiation, The Fresno Bee reports.
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