The United Farm Workers has unionized 500 workers at five farms in New York State.

UFW president Teresa Romero said the victories were made possible by a 4-year-old NY law – the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act – giving workers a state-protected right to unionize and prohibiting retaliation against farm workers seeking to organize.

The law requires farms to recognize a union once a majority of workers sign pro-union cards.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/06/new-york-farm-workers-ufw-unions

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