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California governor approves farmworker unionization law

Farmworker Xochilt Nunez, holds a copy of the bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize, in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Farmworkers had been camped outside the Capitol for a month calling on the Newsom to sign the bill. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Farmworkers Cynthia Burgos, left and Teresa Maldonado, right, hug after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Newsom joined about two dozen farmworkers outside the state Capitol to sign the bill. Both Burgos and Maldonado had joined others in a march from Delano to Sacramento to draw attention to the bill. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Farmworkers Cynthia Burgos, left and Teresa Maldonado, right, hug after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Newsom joined about two dozen farmworkers outside the state Capitol to sign the bill. Both Burgos and Maldonado had joined others in a march from Delano to Sacramento to draw attention to the bill. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE - Asunción Ponce, left, marches with fellow members of the United Farm Workers in support of a bill that would allow farmworkers to vote by mail in union elections, near Walnut Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, signed the measure. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
California governor approves farmworker unionization law