June 4

Gov. Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. The legislation came after years of effort by the United Farm Workers union – 1975

 Also on this date: Massachusetts becomes the first state to establish a minimum wage. House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley Act. AFL-CIO opens its new headquarters building.

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