Chile harvesters in Santa Maria

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    Photographer (pht): Manuel Echavarria
    Originator (org): Alex Thomas
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    The setback in Santa Maria's chile fields signaled a discouraging trend. Grower-influenced legislators would cut off funding o the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB), the agency created to enforce the state's new labor act, while growers used bureaucratic and legal maneuvers to undermine or delay implementing hard-won contracts. The UAW would turn to the ballot box for justice.

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