McClatchy Newspapers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown, a onetime champion of farmworker causes whose relationship with farm labor appeared to fray in recent years, signed legislation Monday, Sept. 12, granting agricultural workers the same right to overtime pay as other Californians.
The bill’s enactment marked a major victory for the United Farm Workers union — and a setback for industry interests — six years after Brown’s predecessor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed a similar bill.
Brown, a fourth-term Democrat, signed Assembly Bill 1066 without comment.
The farmworker overtime bill’s enactment followed narrow passage in the legislature and intense lobbying. . .
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