The Farm Labor Equality Act provides farmworkers with rights and protections similar to those provided to other workers.
The Farm Labor Equality Act modifies a number of labor laws to provide farmworkers with rights and protections equal to the rights and protections provided to other workers. It provides farmworkers with rights in the areas of child labor, overtime pay, employee representation and collective bargaining, and unemployment benefits. The bill also provides farmworker organizations the right to engage in publicity, including picketing, for the purpose of truthfully advising the public that products or the ingredients of products are produced by an agricultural employer with which the organization.
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