Source: Shea Swenson MODERN FARMER, 8/3/22

The United Farm Workers union set out for a 24-day march from Delano to Sacramento, the state’s capital. Around 500 farmworkers took their first steps today in a march for voting rights that will take the participants 335 miles across the state of California over 24 days.  The march, entitled “March for the Governor’s Signature,” is a rally to urge California governor Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would allow more voting options for farmworkers when casting a ballot for or against unionization—adding both mail-in or drop-off ballot choices. 

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