At night they camped in the old co-op warehouse in West L.A.
Upon arrival and each day until the election they became "human billboards," standing on street corners with large Yes on 14 posters. During a speech in Ocean Park in mid-September Chavez told a large crowd that farm workers from around the state would be coming to Los Angeles in late October to help get out the vote. Passage of Prop 14 would also guarantee migrant farm workers the right to vote on labor contracts. The goal of the initiative was to restore the shut-down ALRB and prevent amendments weakening the farm labor law. Recognizing the importance of the board, Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers gathered 719,000 signatures to place Proposition 14 on the November 2nd ballot.
But on Apthe ALRB was shut down following the refusal of grower-friendly legislators to continue its funding. In 1975 the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) was formed to ensure peace in the fields by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in agricultural labor relations.
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