California Farm Bureau Federation Says Gov. Davis' Action Undermines Farmers, Workers Rights.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 The president of the California Farm Bureau Federation issued a strong reaction today to Gov. Davis' approval of SB 1156/AB 2596, which will impose contracts in farm labor collective-bargaining impasse situations. The following is a statement by CFBF CFBF California Farm Bureau Federation CFBF Children's Fire and Burn Fund President Bill Pauli, a Mendocino County pear pear, name for a fruit tree of the genus Pyrus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a pome. The common pear (P. communis) is one of the earliest cultivated of fruit trees, both in its native W Asia and in Europe. and winegrape grower: "By signing these bills into law, the governor undermines the right of farmers and farmworkers to bargain and threatens consumer choice in the marketplace. These bills are bad for farmers, farmworkers and for California. They undermine the very framework of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act Labor Relations Act: see National Labor Relations Board; Taft-Hartley Labor Act. itself. "By the stroke of his pen, the governor removes the right of farmers and farmworkers to negotiate the terms and conditions of labor contracts. Forcing them into contracts, as dictated by these bills, is a travesty of justice to both parties. No law forces any private-sector employer or union in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. into binding arbitration. Now California is the lone state that imposes this unfair and unprecedented requirement on California's family farmers and workers. "Farm Bureau and other major agricultural organizations This is a list of agricultural organizations. International
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